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 participates in U.S. human rights review
As part of the first Universal Periodic Review of the United States by the United Nations Human Rights Council, the U.S. government has just released their report on compliance with its human rights obligations, which it will submit to the U.N. Human Rights Council. You can download it here: http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/146379.pdf. As a way to participate in civil society monitoring of …
Online Resources
The following resources were located and posted by WORLD’s interns Rahni,15 and Emili,14 from Girls Incorporated. The Body Is for men and women who are HIV positive. This website is effective because they have links that have information about prevention, living, personal stories, blogs and much more. This site is also helpful because they talk about HIV Testing 101, HIV …
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