GMHC Outlines Key Recommendations For Improving New York City's Response To HIV |
| New York, NY — New York City's commitment to HIV is wavering at a time when the city's residents can least afford it. Even as HIV infections continue to increase among our city's youth, the Bloomberg administration has, over the last three years, gutted funding for HIV services. Today, Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) released its 2010-2011 New York City Policy Agenda, and called for a reinvigorated response to help meet the challenges of a changing epidemic.
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GMHC Applauds District of Columbia For Passing Resolution Supporting Revised Blood Donation Guidelines |
| New York, NY —The Council of the District of Columbia unanimously passed a resolution in support of the use of science-based eligibility criteria for blood donation, urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to review its lifetime deferral of gay and bisexual men donating blood.
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New York Assembly passes rent cap bill for people living with HIV/AIDS GMHC commends Assembly Member Glick, Speaker Silver and the entire Assembly for supporting affordable housing |
| Albany, New York — The New York State Assembly passed legislation today that is vital to the health of New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS. The bill, A02565, would cap monthly rent payments for New York City HIV/ AIDS Services Administration (HASA) clients at 30% of their monthly income. Currently, people living with AIDS who receive benefits from HASA, and also have other forms of income such as SSI, SSDI, veteran's benefits or work, are forced to pay all but $344 of their monthly income towards their rent. This leaves clients with an unlivable budget of $11.46 a day.
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After 22 Years, HIV Travel and Immigration Ban Lifted |
| “The United States of America has moved one step closer to helping combat the stigma and ignorance that still too often guides public policy debates around HIV/AIDS,” said HRC President Joe Solmonese.
Washington, DC – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, hailed the announcement that a ban on HIV positive visitors and immigrants entering the country, first established in 1987, has been lifted. A regulation promulgated by the Obama administration last summer and finalized in November goes into effect today, removing HIV from the list of communicable diseases that bar foreign nationals from entering the United States.
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AIDS advocates call on governor to fully fund California’s ADAP |
| San Francisco, CA — HIV/AIDS advocates held a press conference and visibility event today to demand that Governor Schwarzenegger fully fund California’s lifesaving AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP). This program, funded by the federal and state government, provides essential anti-HIV medications to low-income people who are uninsured or underinsured. Currently, more than 34,000 depend on the state’s ADAP to stay healthy and productive.
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