🩸 HIV/AIDS new urgency

Silence Death Dec The silence from the White House this year on World AIDS Day harkened back to the Reagan era when sweeping the pandemic under the rug was de rigueur The cuts in funding for global AIDS prevention care and learning along with an attempt to erase LGBTQ people nationally are an unwelcome cruel return to s and early s politics See more below First a minimal headlines Faith leaders from across the nation have denounced the Trump administration s anti-transgender attacks and ordinance The European Court of Justice ruled that all member nations in the European Union must recognize lawful same-sex marriages that were performed in other EU countries Activist and journalist Mark Segal has a follow-up to his call for documentarian Ken Burns to accurately include LGBTQ people in his latest film The American Revolution There are still tickets available for tonight s David Byrne concert at The Fox Theatre I saw it last night and it was raucous political and full of Talking Heads hits But how strange the change from major to minor Collin Give a child the greatest gift this holiday season a home filled with stability warmth and hope CHRIS provides trauma-informed foster and adoption services to backing families every step of the way Start your journey in the current era SPONSOR MESSAGE Photo courtesy Washington Blade World AIDS Day events continue as White House cancels observance Monday s observance of World AIDS Day took on more urgency as the Trump administration cancelled its annual Dec observance Presidents have acknowledged World AIDS Day for more than years HIV AIDS activists blocked an intersection near the White House and demanded the Trump administration fully fund the President s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief PEPFAR a U S establishment initiative launched in to combat the global HIV AIDS epidemic Sen Bernie Sanders blasted the administration on social media stating that people have died from AIDS-related illnesses since foreign aid cuts were made this year A number of World AIDS Day events are still coming up in Atlanta including a discussion on HIV AIDS advocacy at the Decatur Library on Dec See the events here SPOTLIGHT The Tubman African American Museum in Macon GA will host the World AIDS Day exhibition Red Reminds Me from Dec to Jan which features art memorializing those impacted by the HIV AIDS epidemic Italian Ruins to DIVE for SPONSORED BY FERNBANK MUSEUM Journey beneath the waves with Sunken Treasures Ancient Seas at Fernbank Museum You won t want to miss this immersive journey beneath the Mediterranean Sea to uncover ancient shipwrecks artifacts and lost worlds Featuring real relics ascertained off the coast of Italy HD video explorations and more this exhibition reveals how underwater archaeologists bring the past to light This exhibit is open daily or you can swing by for after-hours during select special events On view now until Jan Photo courtesy Sundance Institute Dec Fairyland screening at Tara Theatre to include discussion with activists The Tara Theatre will host a special screening of Andrew Durham s award-winning film Fairyland on Dec at p m The event is being coordinated by Touching Up Our Roots Georgia s LGBTQ Story Project and Georgia LGBTQ History Project There will be a post-show talkback with activist veterans about the origins of the LGBTQ civil and human rights movement from the s to in current times Speakers will include Abby Drue Lorraine Fontana Maria Helena Dolan Gil Robison and Gus Kaufman Historian Wes Nimmo from New South Associates will moderate the conversation There will also be a tribute to activist and historian Dave Hayward the co-founder of Touching Up Our Roots who died last month Find out more about the film here MORE MOVIES Check out Sammie Purcell s review of Peter Hujar s Day Ira Sachs new film about the famed queer photographer Give a child the greatest gift this holiday season a home filled with stability warmth and hope CHRIS provides trauma-informed foster and adoption services to help families every step of the way Start your journey in contemporary times SPONSOR MESSAGE Best Bets The Atlanta Gay Men s Chorus will hold its Home for the Holidays concert on Dec at p m and Dec at p m and p m at Cathedral of St Philip Peachtree Rd NW Atlanta Ballet s The Nutcracker pirouettes into the Cobb Power Centre Dec accompanied by larger-than-life sets and Tchaikovsky s iconic amount WRFG will hold a Silent Auction at the Little Five Points Group Center from noon to p m on Dec This will be an opportunity to bid on experiences and events around Atlanta while supporting your independent society radio station My Sister s Room in Midtown is hosting Christmas at the Movies A Drag Show on Dec at p m featuring performances by Tucker Aye ALXNDR Eros toile Jacey Rockett and Boudreaux The post HIV AIDS new urgency appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta