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Madonna slams Trump for ignoring World AIDS Day: ‘Absurd and unthinkable’

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WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS Madonna has delivered a scorching takedown of Donald Trump for failing to acknowledge World AIDS Day. According to reports, the U.S. State Department instructed staff and grant recipients not to use federal funds for any World AIDS Day activities. The New York Times notes that officials pointed to a new policy directing agencies to “refrain from messaging on any commemorative days” altogether. The move effectively ends a long-standing federal tradition: for decades, the U.S. government publicly honoured those lost to AIDS and used 1 December to spotlight…

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UN’s Winnie Byanyima: ‘When countries criminalise LGBTQ+ people, they slow their progress against HIV’

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Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS, speaks to GAY TIMES about bringing the HIV/AIDS epidemic to an end by 2030. WORDS BY CONOR CLARK Governments all over the world have committed to bringing the HIV/AIDS epidemic to an end by 2030, something that would have seemed impossible mere decades ago. Now, the goal is within reach, but Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), tells GAY TIMES that “work still needs to be done” to make it a reality in the next seven years. “We…

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Baroness Liz Barker: ‘Why we can never rest on our laurels in the fight against HIV’

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This World AIDS Day, Baroness Liz Barker is pressuring the government to “fund” HIV/AIDS research and development “internationally”. WORDS BY PHILIP BALDWIN Baroness Liz Barker has been a member of the House of Lords since 1999. She is Co-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on HIV/AIDS and has been a longstanding campaigner for people living with HIV in the UK and globally. What are your thoughts on the majority of new HIV diagnoses now occurring within the straight population? The LGBTQIA+ community has been targeted with messaging for so…

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What impact has 20 years of US funding had on HIV/AIDS?

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In the 20 years since U.S. President George W. Bush launched the world’s biggest investment to fight HIV/AIDS, the fund has had a “dramatic and life-saving impact”, UNAIDS U.S. liaison office director Vinay Saldhana told Openly. The U.S. government says it has invested more than $110 billion through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and saved 25 million lives and prevented millions of HIV infections. But the programme is now under threat after Congress in October renewed its…

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Billy Porter receives star on Hollywood Walk of Fame: “Impossible dreams coming true”

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Pose star and LGBTQ+ icon Billy Porter has earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Over the last three decades, the openly gay entertainer has expertly made his mark in the entertainment sphere for his boundless talent. From his unforgettable stint as Lola in Broadway’s Kinky Boots to his gripping portrayal of Pray Tell in Pose, Porter has proven time and time again that he’s forced to be reckoned with. Alongside his extensive talent, the 53-year-old has also used his platform to advocate for the LGBTQ+ community and…

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DaBaby “ghosts” HIV/AIDS organisations after educational meetings in August

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DaBaby has reportedly “ghosted” several HIV/AIDS organisations after undergoing educational meetings with them. Earlier this year, the 29-year-old rapper was embroiled in controversy after he made homophobic comments at Rolling Loud Miami. During his set, he said that HIV-positive people will “die in two to three weeks” before making derogatory comments about his gay fans “sucking dick” in the parking lot. His harmful statements resulted in widespread criticism and several festivals dropping him from their lineups, such as Lollapalooza, iHeartRadio, Parklife and the Governors Ball. The rapper also lost sponsorship…

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Exclusive: Charity Kase on the importance of tackling “prejudices” about HIV

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Charity Kase is fundraising for the National AIDS Trust this World AIDS Day to help combat “negative and damaging stereotypes” about HIV. After speaking openly about living with the virus on season three of Drag Race UK, the 25-year-old is continuing to use her platform to raise awareness and tackle the stigma around it. Taking to Instagram on 1 December, Charity announced that she is raising money for the aforementioned charity in a bid to change how HIV is portrayed in the UK and to boost “positive representation in the…

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Docuseries about Britain’s history with HIV to premiere on World AIDS Day

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A new HIV docuseries about Britain’s 40-year battle with the virus is premiering on this year’s World AIDS Day. Positive will feature intimate testimony from some of the first people to be diagnosed with HIV in the UK. It will examine the history of the country and its stigma towards those living with the virus, as well as intolerance and homophobia more generally. Across its three-episode run, the series starts with the UK’s first recorded case in 1981 and tracks the virus to the present day. PrEP and other treatment…

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