Trump Wages War on HIV and AIDS Communities
In less than one year in office, President Donald Trump has seemingly put the brakes on 30-plus years of HIV work; in truth, the devastating impact of his reckless decisions has only just begun to ripple across the surface. That is, perhaps, what scares me most—the depth of the damage yet unknown.
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In less than one year in office, President Donald Trump has seemingly put the brakes on 30-plus years of HIV work; in truth, the devastating impact of his reckless decisions has only just begun to ripple across the surface. That is, perhaps, what scares me most—the depth of the damage yet unknown.
We can’t be silent in the face of hatred and oppression. We as a community will need to come together and support the countless organizations doing HIV and AIDS work on a grassroots level. We must continue funding those who are in the streets ensuring that this brutal epidemic ends—and, until then, no longer disproportionately affects our communities.
Despite the fear of the unknown, I know that we have lost too many to this virus, and that we cannot let hate, bigotry and homophobia take us down a path with the potential of restarting one of the deadliest epidemics this world has ever seen.
More https://www.theroot.com/trump-wages-war-on-hiv-and-aids-communities-1821740856
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The generation that fought hardest to come out of the closet is going back in to survive.
What would you do if you were old, disabled or ill – and the person feeding you put down the spoon and said that you are going to hell unless you change your sexual preference?
Sound absurd? Social workers around the world say it’s happening every day.
Gen Silent is the critically acclaimed documentary from filmmaker Stu Maddux that asks six LGBT seniors if they will hide their friends, their spouses- their entire lives in order to survive in the care system.
Their surprising decisions are captured through intimate access to their day-to-day lives over the course of a year. It puts a face on what experts in the film call an epidemic: gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender older people so afraid of discrimination by caregivers or bullying by other seniors that many simply go back into the closet.
Unlike any film before, Gen Silent startlingly discovers how oppression in the years before Stonewall now affects older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people with fear and isolation.
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The trailor is at the link.
Read More: http://gensilent.com/about-2/
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This is a re-post that shows the devastation to the LGBT community that the trump administration is hell bound to revive.
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will still be 51% of the vote.
Women turned out in Virginia, blacks turned out in Alabama!
We're coming, brothers and sister! It won't be much longer!
