USCA and Transgender Issues

A Reflection on USCA’s Coverage of and Dialogue on Transgender Issues by Dee Borrego, PWN Founding Member As an HIV+ Transgender Woman, the 2010 U.S. Conference on AIDS provided the opportunity to continue the lessons learned from last year.  I was fortunate enough have the opportunity to speak at the Opening Plenary for the conference where I highlighted the need …

How Violence Can Lead to HIV

How Violence Can Lead to HIV by Kat There are many issues that HIV-positive women have been talking to each other and their allies about for years.  We are often talking about many of these issues before the medical professionals ever have any clue about them.  First background, this week I am at the U.S. Conference on AIDS in Orlando, …

Stigma and Discrimination in Disney World

Stigma and Discrimination in Disney World by Barb Cardell Night falls, I sit in my room, Orlando Florida, looking out over the horizon and I see it, the Cinderella Castle, the dreaded Magical Kingdom that Walt Disney built, the House of the Mouse and so on… I sigh deeply and close the drapes to shut out the pixie dust and …

PWN Featured Resources

Blog Tips and Worksheet: Is there an issue that you want to talk about? An event that you want to comment on? A victory that you want to celebrate or a problem that you want to spread the word about? Blogging may be the answer for you. Use the PWN’s Blog Tips and Worksheet handout to help you craft a …

USCA 2010 reports

Reflections on USCA 2010: Documenting Women’s Voices Stigma and Discrimination in Disney World by Barb Cardell Night falls, I sit in my room, Orlando Florida, looking out over the horizon and I see it, the Cinderella Castle, the dreaded Magical Kingdom that Walt Disney built, the House of the Mouse and so on… I sigh deeply and close the drapes …

Gender Audit of National HIV/AIDS Strategy Released!

Thirteen organizations today released a gender audit of the first-ever U.S. National HIV/AIDS Strategy.  The document is an analysis, from a gender perspective, of the Strategy, and lays out recommendations for the Strategy’s implementation to improve all women’s, including transgender women’s, access to HIV prevention, care, and treatment consistent with the right to nondiscrimination, dignity, bodily integrity, and ethical treatment. …