JUDGE OVERTURNS PENTAGON’S BAN ON HIV-POSITIVE MILITARY ENLISTEES
A federal judge has overturned the Pentagon’s ban on asymptomatic HIV-positive people enlisting in the military, ruling it as discriminatory, reports LGBTQ Nation.
“Modern science has transformed the treatment of HIV,” U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema of the Eastern District of Virginia wrote in her ruling. “Asymptomatic HIV-positive service members with undetectable viral loads who maintain treatment are capable of performing all of their military duties, including worldwide deployment.”
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO COMBAT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST LGBTQ+ PEOPLE
Videos sharing real stories and statistics are part of the “American Dreams Love Has No Labels,” campaign.
“This campaign is a national effort designed to address bias, hate and discrimination through a lens of our shared humanity,” said Heidi Arthur from the Ad Council.
“It’s all about highlighting that we all share the same hopes and dreams in our country, to have a safe home, the opportunity for a better life, to go to bed at night feeling that you are truly safe.”
The campaign features life stories meant to foster empathy and understanding and how people can support the LGBTQ community.
For more info visit www.lovehasnolabels.com.
HUNDREDS PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL TRANS VISIBILITY MARCH
After five years, the National Trans Visibility March returned to Washington, D.C., last month, featuring hundreds of trans people gathering together and marching.
The march featured over 400 attendees and included Rev. Carmarion D. Anderson-Harvey, Howard University’s first trans student president Jay Jones, activist Ollie Henry, Executive Director of DC and MD Safe Haven Iya Dammons, Trans Mayland founder Lee Blinder, Louis Shackelford of HIV Vaccine Trials Network, and HRC President Kelley Robinson.
NEW ROUND OF FUNDING FOR LOW-INCOME PEOPLE WITH HIV
The Biden-Harris administration has announced $1.4 billion in funding as part of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program to assist low-income people with HIV obtain life-saving medications.
The program, funded through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), ensures that individuals with HIV receive essential meds, quality HIV healthcare, and associated support services.
COURT UPHOLDS SCHOOL POLICY AGAINST FORCED OUTING
The New Hampshire Supreme Court has upheld a school district policy protecting transgender students’ right to privacy.
The policy from the Manchester school district mandates that staff refer to students by their requested names and pronouns, and that personal information about their identities may not be shared with their guardians without the student’s permission, also known as forced outing.
A mother had previously filed a lawsuit against the district over the policy, claiming it infringed on her rights as a parent. The state’s highest court ruled last month that the mother’s claim did not have merit, writing in its decision that the district’s policy “places no limits on the plaintiff’s ability to parent her child as she sees fit.”
