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by Matt Schafer
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November 23, 2012 00:00 |
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World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, features the slogan “Getting to zero: zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination, zero AIDS related deaths” for the years 2011 through 2015.
While it is unlikely the “zero” goal will be reached by 2015, three decades of HIV analysis has sparked a “renaissance” of medical research that is leading scientists in new directions in their search for an effective vaccine.
Dr. Wayne Koff, the chief scientific officer for the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, started researching HIV shortly after the first cases began appearing some 30 years ago.
“We’ve seen in the last three or four years a plethora of data that we in the AIDS vaccine development field are calling a renaissance, and as someone who has been in the field since the beginning I don’t use that term lightly,” Koff said.
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by Ryan Watkins
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November 20, 2012 10:11 |
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As euphoria from the Nov. 6 general election fades, LGBT advocates look forward to continued progress in Congress and an upcoming Supreme Court decision on whether to hear several gay marriage cases.
The Nov. 6 vote was, without a doubt, the “gayest” election in the history of American politics. From four state-level gay marriage victories in Minnesota, Maine, Maryland and Washington to the election of Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) as the country’s first-ever openly gay U.S. senator, equality advocates had much to celebrate.
But there’s plenty of work that remains unfinished. An all-inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act, universal marriage rights for all of the country’s gay and lesbian couples and working to eradicate bullying of LGBT youth are some of the items that remain on the agenda of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBT political group.
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by Ryan Lee
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November 09, 2012 00:00 |
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The bemoaned go-go boy dancing on a float may soon have to surrender his status as the cultural symbol of Gay Pride festivals — to baby strollers.
“Over the last few years, Pride feels more like a giant play date,” said Gail Panacci, a lesbian mother of two young children. “There’s strollers, and an entire kid section, and there’s a lot now to accommodate LGBT families. It sometimes feels like it’s a giant birthday party.
“It’s wild and phenomenal, especially that this is happening in Atlanta,” she said.
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by Laura Douglas-Brown
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November 07, 2012 12:54 |
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Tuesday’s election makes Tammy Baldwin the first openly gay person to serve in the U.S. Senate and brings the tally of LGBT members of the U.S. House to at least five.
"People ... see our country and our states moving toward full equality in many respects," Baldwin told CNN the morning after the election. "When you have legislative bodies that look more like America, that happens."
Baldwin is also the first woman to represent Wisconsin in the U.S. Senate.
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by Laura Douglas-Brown
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November 07, 2012 10:14 |
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Tuesday’s election made history in the fight for marriage equality, chalking up huge victories in Maine, Maryland and Minnesota. With votes still being counted this morning, Washington also appears to have approved same-sex marriage — leaving LGBT advocates poised to win four out of four contests on yesterday’s ballots.
In Maine, voters approved the first ballot measure in the country brought by gay rights advocates to allow same-sex marriage, rather than by anti-gay forces seeking to prevent it.
In Maryland, the state legislature passed same-sex marriage last spring, and Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley signed it into law on March 1, 2012. Opponents immediately pushed for a referendum on the November 2012 ballot to stop same-sex marriage, which was set to begin Jan. 1, 2013.
The ballot measure, known as Question 6 or the Civil Marriage Protection Act, “establishes that Maryland’s civil marriage laws allow gay and lesbian couples to obtain a civil marriage license.” On Tuesday, it was approved by 51.9 percent of voters, clearing the way for same-sex marriage in the state.
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