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AIDS 2012 Pre-Conference highlights gay men, trans people
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2012-06-19

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Amid Rapid Changes in Global AIDS Response, AIDS 2012 Pre-Conference Event Highlights Implications for Gay Men and Transgender People

Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Former High Court Judge Michael Kirby, Dr. Kevin Fenton, and Jamaican Activist Maurice Tomlinson to join more than 600 experts from around the world

Full day event to focus on implications of treatment as prevention, shifts in global financing, HIV criminalization, and ongoing barriers in addressing global HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men and transgender people; Program available on request

June 19, 2012 (Washington, D.C.)— The Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF) announced today a roster of high-level speakers now scheduled to appear at "From Stigma to Strength," the organization's fifth biennial Pre-Conference to the International AIDS Conference, to be held on July 21 in Washington, D.C. Speakers include Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Former Australian High Court Judge Michael Kirby, Director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention Dr. Kevin Fenton, and Jamaican activist Maurice Tomlinson. The event will host more than 600 of the world's leading experts in HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people, addressing the implications of recent developments in science and policy for these key populations.

"The way we handle HIV among MSM, transgender people and other key groups will shape the course of the global epidemic," says MSMGF Executive Director Dr. George Ayala. "With the prevention potential of treatment confirmed and major shifts in the global financing architecture expected, the international HIV landscape is changing rapidly. Our Pre-Conference will address the impact of these changes on MSM and transgender people and aim to identify the best steps forward."

The event comes at a time when HIV rates among MSM in countries as diverse as Mexico, Jamaica and Zambia have reached 25 percent, 31 percent and 32 percent, respectively. In the United States, where the conference returns for the first time in 22 years, MSM account for more than half of all people living with HIV and more than 60 percent of new infections.

"At the last International AIDS Conference, only 2.6 percent of sessions focused on MSM and 1.1 percent of sessions focused on transgender people," explains Dr. Ayala. "With such low program coverage focused on our communities at the International AIDS Conference, the MSMGF Pre-Conference offers a unique and crucial opportunity to address the most pressing issues concerning the health and human rights of MSM and transgender people around the world."

Confirmed speakers at this year's MSMGF Pre-Conference include:

The Honorable Congresswoman Barbara Lee, United States House of Representatives

The Honorable Michael Kirby, Former High Court Judge, Australia

Dr. Kevin Fenton, Director, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention (CDC)

Dr. Mandeep Dhaliwal, Cluster Leader: Human Rights, Gender & Sexual Diversities (UNDP)

Dr. Tonya Nyagiro, Senior Specialist: Gender, Key Populations & Human Rights (Global Fund)

Ernest Massiah, Director, UNAIDS Caribbean Regional Support Team

Rafael Mazin, Senior Advisor on HIV, STI and Hepatitis, Pan-American Health Organization (WHO)

Francis Kaikumba, Chief Executive Officer, African Health Policy Network

Thomas Cai, Director, AIDS Care China

Ben Plumley, Chief Executive Officer, Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation

Dr. Andrew Spieldenner, Deputy Director, Latino Commission on AIDS

Earl Fowlkes, President, International Federation of Black Prides

Mauro Cabral, Co-Director, GATE - Global Action for Trans* Equality

Dr. Robert Grant, Senior Investigator and Professor of Medicine, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology, University of California San Francisco

Dr. Ian McGowan, Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Note to Editors: Press is invited and encouraged to cover this event. To reserve a media space at the pre-conference event (July 21 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at FHI 360), or to request post-event summary and image service, please contact MSMGF communications staffer Jack Beck; contact information is listed above. Current copies of the event program are available upon requeset.

More details on the MSMGF Pre-Conference, "From Stigma to Strength: Strategies for MSM, Transgender People and Allies in a Shifting AIDS Landscape," can be found atwww.msmgf.org/aids2012.

The Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF) is an expanding network of AIDS organizations, MSM networks, and advocates committed to ensuring robust coverage of and equitable access to effective HIV prevention, care, treatment, and support services tailored to the needs of gay men and other MSM.


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