Outside of Hollywood Forever Cemetery on June 5th, over 1,000 people came together to protest the Governor of California's proposal to de-fund all HIV services that are funded by the state. In addition to this hit, we would lose our federal HIV money because we would not be maintaining our share of cost. This would effectively end HIV services in
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please circulate this among your Californian friends and strongly suggest that they DO SOMETHING before it's too late.
On May 21, 2009, Governor Schwarzenegger's administration released tentative plans for $5.5 billion in new cuts to health and human service programs. These plans include severe cuts to HIV services.
Our Beloved Sister Teri Tinsley, written by Ms. Valerie Spencer
This is a word about our dear sister Teri Tinsley. Teri is a bright light. An individual that was unique and brought so much down home goodness to our lives. We will miss her, will we not? I met Teri when Kellii Trombacco and I coordinated the Life Skills Training Program at Minority
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To Susan Beth Forrest, the love of my life For showing me that the meaning of it all is to live well, to love well, and to write well (not necessarily in that order)
Author of Sex Change, Social Change and Invisible Lives
The Los Angeles Transgender Community welcomes Viviane Namaste with a reception and panel discussion on transactivism and empirical research, with a focus on transgender sex work and HIV-related issues
Equality & Parity II: transgender conference CALL FOR ABSTRACTS please go to our website: www.equalityandparity.org to submit your abstract online (in English or Spanish) or to register and apply for scholarships. The conference is completely bilingual and we hope to have participation from every county in California.