TheHealthInitiative

Georgia's Voice for LGBTQ Health

[TheHealthInitiative @LGBTHealthGA]

"And we should continue to fight until we are all treated fairly. No one should be denied health care because of who they are." https://t.co/wrlxOWbfXF

[TheHealthInitiative @LGBTHealthGA]

"Fulton County jail must expand testing and treatment investments, not stifle them. Rapid HIV testing in jails is an important step toward ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Atlanta. There is no excuse for this inaction." https://t.co/QxT3rDcJgR

[TheHealthInitiative @LGBTHealthGA]

"LaGrange owns and operates its own water, electric, and gas services, which generate a significant revenue surplus for the small city. In an unusual municipal funding arrangement, the city, which has no property taxes, uses this money to pay for... https://t.co/QRVvB0gP5T

[TheHealthInitiative @LGBTHealthGA]

"As experts in LGBTQ+ health, we are largely self-taught. Yes, we learned about gay men when discussing HIV and other sexually transmitted illnesses, but our medical schools did not include in... https://t.co/Oe4usGa6uB

[TheHealthInitiative @LGBTHealthGA]

" “They have a disease that 30 years ago was a death sentence. Today, they’re so healthy they can give someone else life.” " https://t.co/tCMfBQ7Cjo

[TheHealthInitiative @LGBTHealthGA]

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[TheHealthInitiative @LGBTHealthGA]

"Khudai Tanveer, membership organizer for the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance and an advocate for Tsui, said that the treatment by ICE is taking a toll on the detainee." https://t.co/MopQ7dYHKk

[TheHealthInitiative @LGBTHealthGA]

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[TheHealthInitiative @LGBTHealthGA]

"The government marketplace also is responsible for accurately processing applicants’ eligibility for Medicaid or premium subsidies. The commercial sites generally don’t have those responsibilities." https://t.co/6iNau3NPmB

[TheHealthInitiative @LGBTHealthGA]

" "The more spaces we have that are not centered around an activity, that you don't have to give a reason for being there, that's a revolutionary thing," Bauman continues." https://t.co/OJEdPjh7rK

[TheHealthInitiative @LGBTHealthGA]

"Making Franco’s queerness visible is also key to keeping her legacy alive; Franco often spoke about violence against lesbian women in Brazil and worked with Rio de Janeiro’s Lesbian Front to propose Lesbian Visibility Day, though the city council... https://t.co/gYvOZ21wlc

[TheHealthInitiative @LGBTHealthGA]

"While public health officials and politicians are focused on ending HIV in the next decade, very few resources are available to those already living and aging with HIV. Amid... https://t.co/DKRreRygDA

[TheHealthInitiative @LGBTHealthGA]

"State Rep. Park Cannon, a Democrat from Atlanta, is gathering co-sponsors for a bill that would require men age 55 and older to “immediately report to the county sheriff or local law... https://t.co/UYowNkyIpf

[TheHealthInitiative @LGBTHealthGA]

"As the ACLU states in its letter, given the specific vulnerability of trans inmates to physical and sexual abuse, PREA lays out clear standards for classifying, housing and protecting... https://t.co/c1DYTEsi1o

[TheHealthInitiative @LGBTHealthGA]

" “It is my intent to work out the differences and bring this bill back for full passage next year,” she said. “I am disappointed but hopeful we can get it done in 2020.” " https://t.co/2nCN8lhXBS

[TheHealthInitiative @LGBTHealthGA]

"But it was white gay and bisexual men who benefited the most from the medication: Forty percent of that group used it in 2017, compared to only 30 percent of Latinx men and 26 percent of black men." https://t.co/uBaHis5tcY

[TheHealthInitiative @LGBTHealthGA]

"If passed, Georgia would be the 23rd state to work towards enacting laws to ban the practice. Currently, fifteen states have passed this kind of legislation outlawing conversion therapy, according to The Trevor Project." https://t.co/S7iIYUOEth

[TheHealthInitiative @LGBTHealthGA]

"Transgender women continue to experience alarming HIV rates, comprising 84 percent of HIV diagnoses among transgender individuals from 2009 to 2014, according to the Centers... https://t.co/8aMTxhVYxM

[TheHealthInitiative @LGBTHealthGA]

"Unless courts stop the gag rule from going into effect, millions of individuals will not be able to access critical health care and family planning services. " https://t.co/2zEVFz7rxB

[TheHealthInitiative @LGBTHealthGA]

"Starting in 2021, the measure also would require health-insurance plans, including student plans, to cover condoms, screenings following sexual assaults, medications for needs following an assault, prenatal vitamins and breast pumps." https://t.co/7UiMmf5nAp