| Rocky Mountain State Hosts the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s Creating Change Conference |
| The 21st National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change was held in Denver, Colorado, Jan. 28–Feb. 1, 2009, and is the nation’s largest LGBT conference that provides capacity building and professional development within the LGBT community. Each year the conference is held in a different region of the United States. ... |
| Commemorating National Black AIDS Awareness Day |
| February 7, 2009 was the ninth annual National Black AIDS Awareness Day. All across the country, thousands reflected on the sobering realities of HIV in the black community. Blacks make up roughly 13 percent of the US. Population, but they account for nearly 50 percent of all HIV cases.[i] In ... |
| New CDC HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report for 2007 |
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On February 18, 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report—Cases of HIV Infection and AIDS in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2007 Vol. 19.[i]
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| President Obama Reverses the Global Gag Rule |
| On January 23, President Barack Obama rescinded the Mexico City Policy, also referred to as the “Global Gag Rule” (GGR). The policy was originally instated by President Reagan in 1984, reversed by President Clinton in 1993, and then reinstated by President George W. Bush in 2001. The GGR stipulates that U.S. foreign ... |
| Help Wanted: Visionary Leadership Needed to Fill Global AIDS Coordinator Post |
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As President Obama and his staff worked to fill key roles in his administration, rumors emerged that Mark Dybul, a political appointee under President Bush, would continue in the position of Global AIDS Coordinator indefinitely. This, however, proved not to be the case. In late January of this year, shortly after Hillary ... |
| New Report on Florida Supports Need for Passage of the Healthy Teens Act |
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A bill introduced in Florida aims to institute sex education standards for Florida public schools. “The Florida Healthy Teens Act,” Senate Bill 220 and House Bill 265, would require that schools that provide health instruction in human sexuality, pregnancy and/ or sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS, teach “comprehensive, medically accurate, ... |
| New HHS Secretary Nominated; Lack of HHS Secretary Has Created a “Leadership Void” |
| According to The Hill, the lack of a nominee for Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has created a “leadership void” at the department that could “delay the Obama administration from putting its stamp on the massive bureaucracy.” Although day-to-day operations continue at HHS, the ... |
