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|  | Gerber/Hart fall benefit on Oct. 15
2022-09-30
Gerber/Hart Library and Archives, 6500 N. Clark St., will hold its fall benefit on Saturday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. "Unboxing Queer History LIVE!" will be an in-person event to celebrate and support its mission to ...
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| | 31st annual AIDS Run & Walk, with the theme 'Forward Together,' returns this weekend
2022-09-30
The 31st annual AIDS Run & Walk returns to Chicago on Sunday, Oct. 2, in order to raise awareness about the disease and funds for the organizations that help people impacted by HIV/AIDS across the city. ...
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| | AIDS Foundation Chicago holding Women's Connection Summit of Hope on Oct. 6
2022-09-27
-- From a press release - AIDS Foundation Chicago (AFC) is hosting a Women Connection Summit of Hope in partnership with the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) to address the needs of cis and transgender women who have been recently released from ...
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| | AIDS Foundation Chicago hosts two-day event about unique challenges facing elders living with HIV/AIDS
2022-09-24
AIDS Foundation Chicago hosted a two-part educational webinar about the complex needs of elders living with HIV/AIDS Sept. 22-23, where experts discussed how to better serve patients through healthcare, policies ...
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| | National AIDS Memorial releases 'The Black Community & AIDS'
2022-09-23
The National AIDS Memorial has released its latest mini-documentary, "The Black Community & AIDS," the seventh film in its oral history project. "The Black Community & AIDS" chronicles the personal stories of nearly two dozen survivors ...
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| | DoJ secures agreement resolving HIV-discrimination suit in Indiana
2022-09-19
The Justice Department filed a proposed consent decree with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana to resolve its lawsuit against the town of Clarksville, Indiana, for violating Title I of the Americans ...
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| | AIDS organization honors actors Farrell, Ralph and Theron
2022-09-19
On Sept. 15, The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (ETAF) honored actors Sheryl Lee Ralph, Charlize Theron and Colin Farrell with the Elizabeth Taylor Commitment to End AIDS Award at The Elizabeth Taylor Ball to End AIDS ...
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| | SCOTUS sides with New York university's LGBTQ+ club for now
2022-09-15
On Sept. 14, the U.S. Supreme Court, by a vote of five to four, declined a request from Yeshiva University in New York to block a New York County Supreme Court order that requires the university ...
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| | Illinois HIV Care Connect introduces its HIV and Aging Campaign
2022-09-15
In advance of National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day on Sept. 18, Illinois HIV Care Connect has introduced its HIV and Aging Campaign. Persons aged 50 and older make up nearly half of persons living with ...
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| | ONE Archives names Tony Valenzuela as executive director
2022-09-14
The Los Angeles-based ONE Archives Foundation announced that longtime LGBTQ+ activist and nonprofit leader Tony Valenzuela (he/him) has been named as its new executive director. Valenzuela is the first Latinx ...
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| | Texas judge: Mandated PrEP coverage violates religious freedom
2022-09-08
On Sept. 7, a federal judge in Texas (U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor) ruled that the government cannot force a Christian-owned company to cover HIV preventative medication (HIV PrEP) because it violates their religious freedom under ...
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| | Getting to Zero, AFC award $200K to help end the HIV epidemic in Illinois
2022-09-07
Getting to Zero Illinois (GTZ-IL) and AIDS Foundation Chicago (AFC) recently awarded $200,000 to community-based organizations implementing strategies to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030. According to a press release ...
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| | Philadelphia AIDS and housing activist Michael Hinson Jr. dies at 55
2022-09-04
Michael Hinson Jr.—a longtime AIDS and housing activist, and leader in Philadelphia's Black LGBTQ+ community—died Aug. 27 of an undisclosed cause at age 55, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. An obituary in the Philadelphia Gay News stated ...
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| | Howard Brown president/CEO reflects on COVID's impact
2022-08-31
According to Howard Brown Health President and CEO David Munar, the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic seemed eerily similar to the AIDS crisis of the '80s. "We saw all the same patterns at the dawning ...
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| | NATIONAL Gay judge, brewery threatened, Victory Fund, AIDS Quilt
2022-08-28
New York's highest court has designated Associate Judge Anthony Cannataro to serve as acting chief judge after Janet DiFiore steps down, Gay City News reported. Cannataro, the former administrative judge of New York City's civil court, ...
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