GLAA on AIDS and Public Health

GLAA on AIDS and Public Health

  • GLAA policy on AIDS and public health
  • HIV Surveillance and Name Reporting: Documents (UCSF online resource)
  • District of Columbia Primary Care Association

    2008

  • Some CDC grant money unspent by Latino clinic
    La Clinica blames staffing, facility hurdles for trans program delays
    (The Washington Blade) 05/09/08
  • The Peace Corps Wants You: But not if you contract HIV (Editorial, The Washington Post) 05/06/08
  • Official says Russia 'not ready' for tough HIV steps (The Associated Press) 05/05/08
  • Texas AG: Case against needle-exchange workers can proceed (The Associated Press) 05/05/08
  • Russia must grab chance to beat AIDS epidemic: U.N. (Reuters) 05/03/08
  • HIV-AIDS Forum Aimed at Teens (The Washington Post) 05/01/08
  • Researchers Tackle HIV From a New Angle (HealthDay Reporter) 04/29/08
  • Singapore sees more HIV infections in 07 (The Associated Press) 04/29/08
  • For Volunteer, Early Exit Adds To Disease's Pain (The Washington Post) 04/28/08
  • Clinical Symptoms Enough to Switch Drug Regimens for HIV Patients (HealthDay Reporter) 04/25/08
  • More Money for Needle Exchanges
    With Congressional Ban Lifted, City to Provide Funding
    (The Washington Post) 04/25/08
  • In Search of an AIDS Vaccine
    Rededication follows disappointment.
    (Editorial, The Washington Post) 04/21/08
  • D.C. Health Chief Focuses on Teamwork
    Vigilance Says He Will Target Heart Disease, Obesity, Hypertension, HIV-AIDS
    (The Washington Post) 04/17/08
  • Africa's Real AIDS Priority: Prevention (Letters to the Editor, The Washington Post) 04/16/08
  • Boston Trial to Test New HIV/AIDS Vaccine (HealthDay News) 04/11/08
  • Obituary: Laurence A. Tate (The Washington Post) 04/10/08
  • Kyrgyz Babies Pass HIV to Mothers (The Associated Press) 04/09/08
  • Science and Medicine: Cell Technology (The Washington Post) 04/08/08
  • Peter Tatchell protests China during London torch relay (AP Photo) 04/06/08
  • The Real China and the Olympics (Hu Jia and Teng Biao, The Washington Post) 04/05/08
  • Canadian Gets 18 Years for Spreading HIV (The Associated Press) 04/04/08
  • House Votes to Continue and Expand President's Global Effort Against AIDS (The Washington Post) 04/03/08
  • Scientists Uncover How HIV Hides Inside Cells (HealthDay News) 04/01/08
  • Study: AIDS Drug Lifts Heart Attack Risk (The Associated Press) 04/01/08
  • Biomarker May Signal HIV Progression (HealthDay News) 03/28/08
  • Modest increase for city AIDS programs
    Fenty budget calls for $1.7 million boost; federal funds also to rise
    (The Washington Blade) 03/28/08
  • AIDS Vaccine Testing at Crossroads
    After Little Progress in 25 Years, Scientists Urge Return to Basic Research
    (The Washington Post) 03/26/08
  • AIDS cases could jump in Asia by 2020: UN report (Reuters) 03/26/08
  • Government sees overhaul of AIDS vaccine effort (Reuters) 03/25/08
  • HIV travel ban repeal advances in Congress
    Measure attached to larger AIDS bill that enjoys wide support
    (The Washington Blade) 03/21/08
  • Public health system struggles to reach gay ‘hidden population’
    Experts say CDC must look for gay men outside of bars, bathhouses
    (The Washington Blade) 03/21/08
  • US Syphilis Up for Seventh Straight Year (The Associated Press) 03/12/08
  • Congress May Strike HIV Travel Limits (The Associated Press) 03/11/08
  • Mayor Uses Poetic License In Some Of His Hires (The Washington Post) 03/06/08
  • African AIDS Crisis Outlives $15 Billion Bush Initiative (The Washington Post) 02/20/08
  • South Africa Announces Increase in AIDS Funds (The Associated Press) 02/20/08
  • Bush Touts U.S. Role in Fighting Malaria (The Associated Press) 02/18/08
  • US Drops Ban on HIV-Positive Diplomats (The Associated Press) 02/15/08
  • Egypt Steps Up HIV Arrests (The Associated Press) 02/15/08
  • NYC Unveils Official New Condom (The Associated Press) 02/13/08
  • What's the Point?
    President Bush tries to revive a ban on needle-exchange programs in the District.
    (Editorial, The Washington Post) 02/08/08
  • SAfrica Questions Circumcision Advice (The Associated Press) 02/07/08
  • Mautner Project Appoints New E.D.
    Leslie J. Calman hopes to double budget of lesbian health organization
    (Metro Weekly) 01/17/08
  • Clinical Restructuring
    WWC's sweeping plans for 2008 including both hirings and firings, and a new, 'edgy' HIV/AIDS awareness campaign
    (Metro Weekly) 01/17/08
  • Gay Men More Likely to Contract 'Superbug' (HealthDay News) 01/15/08
  • Mautner names new leader
    Calman seeks to grow lesbian health organization
    (The Washington Blade) 01/14/08
  • More changes planned for Whitman-Walker
    Shift to primary care facility brings new medical director, some layoffs
    (The Washington Blade) 01/11/08
  • Town Hall Set for HIV/AIDS
    'This Is Not the Dream' meeting to be held at Unity Fellowship Church
    (Metro Weekly) 01/10/08
  • Lay-offs, Restructuring at Whitman-Walker
    Lay-offs, New Hires Both Part of the Clinic's 2008 Restructuring Plans
    (Metro Weekly) 01/10/08
  • District to Spend $650,000 on Needle Exchange Programs (The Washington Post) 01/02/08

    2007

  • HIV/AIDS Report Card
    DC Appleseed Center pleased by progress
    (Metro Weekly) 12/20/07
  • Schools Lag Amid Gains On D.C. HIV Report Card (The Washington Post) 12/12/07
  • HIV-AIDS Grades (The Washington Post) 12/12/07
  • One School Shows Prevention Requires More Than a Health Class (Courtland Milloy, The Washington Post) 12/12/07
  • Crime haunts ANC, hopes slim for change under Zuma (Reuters) 12/12/07
  • HIV Clueless
    What Mike Huckabee hasn't learned
    (Editorial, The Washington Post) 12/11/07
  • Lawmakers Protest HIV/AIDS Travel Rule (The Associated Press) 12/11/07
  • AIDS Comments Alarm Ryan White's Mother (The Associated Press) 12/11/07
  • Huckabee Stands by AIDS Statement (The Associated Press) 12/09/07
  • Huckabee Wanted to Isolate AIDS Patients (The Associated Press) 12/08/07
  • Newly HIV-Infected Gay Men Select Other Infected Partners (The Washington Post) 12/05/07
  • One-Third of HIV-Infected Gay Men Have Unsafe Sex: CDC (HealthDay Reporter) 12/03/07
  • When It Comes to AIDS, a Tale of Two Washingtons (The Washington Post) 12/02/07
  • In the Works
    The District is ready to hit the ground running on needle-exchange programs
    (Editorial, The Washington Post) 11/30/07
  • Protest, Forums To Mark AIDS Day
    Commemoration Comes After Sweeping Report On Infection Rate in D.C.
    (The Washington Post) 11/30/07
  • Fenty vows renewed HIV fight
    New report shows D.C. has highest AIDS rate in the country
    (The Washington Blade) 11/30/07
  • Clinton, AIDS and evangelicals make unusual trio (Reuters) 11/29/07
  • For the Children
    Khadijah Tribble looks at - and after - the District's children of HIV/AIDS (plus World AIDS Day events)
    (Metro Weekly) 11/29/07
  • China AIDS rate slows, main transmission now sex (Reuters) 11/29/07
  • More Testing Pledged On HIV
    Increasing Giveaway Of Condoms Also Part of D.C. Strategy
    (The Washington Post) 11/27/07
  • GLAA testifies on DCPS Health Standards 11/27/07
  • Study Calls HIV in D.C. A 'Modern Epidemic'
    More Than 80 Percent Of Recent Cases Were Among Black Residents
    (The Washington Post) 11/26/07
  • Information Is the Cure (Helen Epstein, The Washington Post) 11/25/07
  • U.N. to Cut Estimate Of AIDS Epidemic
    Population With Virus Overstated by Millions
    (The Washington Post) 11/20/07
  • AIDS Vaccine Doesn't Guard Against Virus (The Associated Press) 11/07/07
  • Shocked, Shocked: Abstinence Not Curbing Teen Sex (The Associated Press) 11/07/07
  • Scientists Track Time and Place of HIV's Arrival (The Washington Post) 11/05/07
  • HAA calling for HIV/AIDS listings
    DC's Department of Health updating Directory of Services
    (Metro Weekly) 10/11/07
  • AIDS Vaccine Fails, So Merck Is Ending Study (The Associated Press) 09/22/07
  • Number of Partners Doesn't Explain Gay HIV Rate (HealthDay Reporter) 09/13/07
  • U.S. gov’t official to head D.C. AIDS office: sources (The Washington Blade) 08/10/07
  • Trans drop-in center ‘swamped’ by youth
    Funding for D.C. facility expires in September
    (The Washington Blade) 08/03/07
  • Sex ed plan draws few public comments
    D.C. schools chancellor says further review needed before approval
    (The Washington Blade) 08/03/07
  • GLAA comments on draft Health Learning Standards 08/02/07
  • DCPS Draft Health Learning Standards 07/02/07
  • In Botswana, Step to Cut AIDS Proves a Formula for Disaster (The Washington Post) 07/23/07
  • Words Worth
    Engraving at Dupont Metro dedicated to HIV/AIDS caregivers
    (Metro Weekly) 07/19/07
  • Dr. Dodgy
    A surgeon general nominee does little to quell concern about a paper on gay men.
    (Editorial, The Washington Post) 07/19/07
  • Readers Speak Out About New Sex-Education Curriculum (The Washington Post) 07/19/07
  • Fenty announces HIV initiative for youth
    Activists seek boost in prevention programs at city schools
    (The Washington Blade) 07/13/07
  • Surgeon General Nominee Dismisses Homosexuality Paper (The Washington Post) 07/13/07
  • Exposing Phony ‘Experts’ (Rosendall, Bay Windows) 07/12/07
  • Surgeon General Nominee Faces Questions (The Washington Post) 07/12/07
  • Critics Accuse Bush Administration of Trumping Science With Politics (HealthDay Reporter) 07/11/07
  • Permanent Tribute
    Engravings to honor HIV/AIDS caregivers
    (Metro Weekly) 07/12/07
  • Congress closer to allowing D.C. needle exchange
    House maintains ban on federal funds for DP program
    (The Washington Blade) 07/06/07
  • Needle-Exchange Victory
    The District is a step closer to getting a tool it needs to fight HIV/AIDS.
    (Editorial, The Washington Post) 07/02/07
  • Needle Exchange Funding
    Big Break Is Possible for Small Crusade
    (The Washington Post) 07/01/07
  • House Repeals Needle Ban
    Decision on Funding Thrills D.C. Officials Fighting the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
    (The Washington Post) 06/29/07
  • Gay issues in D.C. budget bill trigger veto threat (The Washington Blade Online) 06/27/07
  • Congress poised to end needle exchange ban
    Effort to curb HIV, drug use could regain public funds
    (The Washington Blade) 06/22/07
  • A Questionable Nominee
    A prospective surgeon general's 1991 paper on gay men haunts him in 2007, and deservedly so.
    (Editorial, The Washington Post) 06/14/07
  • A More Candid Approach To Sex-Ed
    Montgomery Board Approves Lessons On Homosexuality
    (The Washington Post) 06/13/07
  • Blood Brothers
    The FDA should treat high-risk blood donors, gay or straight, equally.
    (Editorial, The Washington Post) 06/12/07
  • Gay Groups Decry Surgeon General Nominee (The Associated Press) 06/06/07
  • Needle Exchanges
    The District should be allowed to use its funds to finance them.
    (Editorial, The Washington Post) 06/06/07
  • Needle Funding Ban May Soon End
    Shift in Congress Stirs Hope Among D.C. AIDS Officials
    (The Washington Post) 06/05/07
  • AIDS is not over
    Serosorting and combating ‘protease paunch’ among issues that merit more attention.
    (Michael Petrelis, The Washington Blade) 06/01/07
  • Bush to Seek Extension of AIDS Effort
    President to Ask for $30 Billion to Double U.S. Contribution
    (The Washington Post) 05/30/07
  • Alone in a City’s AIDS Battle, Hoping for Backup (The New York Times) 05/29/07
  • Power in numbers
    'D.C. Fights Back' aims to find solutions to AIDS in Washington
    (Metro Weekly) 05/24/07
  • Condom Information in Abstinence Programs Called Inaccurate (The Washington Post) 04/28/07
  • Drugs Losing Efficacy Against Gonorrhea
    CDC Tells Doctors to Change Antibiotics
    (The Washington Post) 04/13/07
  • Teacher Takes a Long View of Sex-Ed
    Montgomery Pilot Program Part of Movement Toward Greater Openness
    (The Washington Post) 04/10/07
  • NYC Eyes Circumcision Push to Fight AIDS (The Associated Press) 04/05/07
  • Departing Mautner
    DeBold resigns from the Mautner Project
    (Metro Weekly) 04/05/07
  • Positive Changes at Whitman-Walker Clinic
    Three distinguished physicians added to staff of DC's HIV/AIDS Clinic
    (Metro Weekly) 03/22/07
  • Fenty ‘abstinence’ proclamation criticized
    Postponing sex until marriage not an option for gays: activists
    (The Washington Blade) 03/16/07
  • Healthy Choice
    Whitman-Walker Clinic to hold 'Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health Week' open house
    (Metro Weekly) 03/15/07
  • AIDS hits U.S. blacks harder than other groups (Reuters) 03/08/07
  • Speeding HIV's Deadly Spread
    Multiple, Concurrent Partners Drive Disease in Southern Africa
    (The Washington Post) 03/02/07
  • Defining a Foe
    Town-hall meeting grapples with meth 'epidemic' in DC's gay community
    (Metro Weekly) 03/01/07
  • GLAA endorses HPV Vaccination and Reporting Act 02/09/07
  • Changes Ahead
    Whitman-Walker joins Washington Free Clinic, ends AIDS Marathon fundraiser
    (Metro Weekly) 01/18/07
  • After 39 Years, End Of a Health Institution
    Washington Free Clinic Bids City Farewell
    (The Washington Post) 01/14/07
  • Health chief assumes control of AIDS office
    Fenty says ‘new eyes’ needed for troubled agency
    (The Washington Blade) 01/12/07
  • Black men in focus in U.S. HIV drug trial (Reuters) 01/09/07
  • Fenty Declines to Reappoint HIV-AIDS Agency Director (The Washington Post) 01/04/07
  • Hopes for an AIDS Cure Remain Alive (HealthDay Reporter) 01/04/07
  • District Continues to Fail the Public on HIV-AIDS (Raymond S. Blanks, The Washington Post) 01/04/07

    2006

  • An Overwhelmed D.C. Agency Loses Count of AIDS Cases (The Washington Post) 12/30/06
  • Always Welcome
    For 20 years, the HIV+ Coffeehouse has offered a warm respite
    (Metro Weekly) 12/21/06
  • District's HIV Testing Found to Be Falling Short
    Report Cites Poor Program Execution
    (The Washington Post) 12/16/06
  • Summersgill to Blade: Local gays instrumental in passing smoking ban 12/15/06
  • Unfettered Access
    Students make the case to bring condoms from behind the locks at CVS
    (Metro Weekly) 12/14/06
  • A Lifelong Crusade for AIDS Education (The Washington Post) 12/03/06
  • U.S. Blacks Seek Answers to AIDS Epidemic (The Washington Post) 12/01/06
  • The Condoms? Please, Take One
    A Grass-Roots Alliance Is Making 30,000 Packets Available in Stores In D.C. Areas Hit Hardest by AIDS
    (The Washington Post) 12/01/06
  • Warnings, Worship Mark World AIDS Day (The Associated Press) 12/01/06
  • Experts Plan Strategies to Prevent HIV (The Associated Press) 11/30/06
  • Saudi Arabia More Open About AIDS (The Associated Press) 11/27/06
  • AIDS Activist Is Detained On Eve of Meeting in China (The Washington Post) 11/26/06
  • Programs Help Reduce HIV Rates in Parts of Africa, Report Says
    Virus Resurges in Uganda, Thailand
    (The Washington Post) 11/22/06
  • Catania calls for firings at AIDS office
    Audit finds $5.6 million in unspent funds, 14 vendors operating illegally
    (The Washington Blade) 10/27/06
  • In South Africa, a Dramatic Shift on AIDS
    Treatment, Prevention Get New Emphasis as Deputy President Takes Key Role
    (The Washington Post) 10/27/06
  • AIDS Activist Jeff Getty Dies at 49 (The Associated Press) 10/15/06
  • U.S. Recommends Routine Testing For the AIDS Virus (The Washington Post) 09/22/06
  • AIDS Bill Advances Despite Complaints (The Associated Press) 09/20/06
  • City Tests Reveal Infection Rate Double the U.S. Average (The Washington Post) 09/20/06
  • Sen. Clinton Delays AIDS Law's Renewal, Citing Cut in N.Y. Funds (The Washington Post) 08/23/06
  • Black America Must Confront AIDS (Julian Bond, The Washington Post) 08/14/06
  • D.C. Gay Group Battles 'AIDS Fatigue'
    At 25, the Epidemic Presents a New Set of Complications
    (The Washington Post) 08/13/06
  • HIV Prevention Pill Shows Early Promise (The Associated Press) 08/12/06
  • DC HIV Testing Initiative
    Participating Health Providers Voice Support, Concerns About Campaign
    (East of the River) August 2006
  • Aging Face of HIV Poses New Challenges (The Associated Press) 08/04/06
  • Area Women With HIV Profiled in Documentary
    Film Addresses Crisis in Black Community
    (The Washington Post) 07/17/06
  • A Medical Crisis of Conscience
    Faith Drives Some To Refuse Patients Medication or Care
    (The Washington Post) 07/16/06
  • U.S. Details Dangers of Secondhand Smoking
    'Serious Health Hazard' Is Cited
    (The Washington Post) 06/28/06
  • D.C. Wants HIV Testing for All Residents 14 to 84 (The Washington Post) 06/24/06
  • 25 Years of Deadly Lessons (George F. Will, The Washington Post) 06/06/06
  • AIDS at 25
    The lessons of the past help drive the goals of the future
    (Metro Weekly) 06/01/06
  • Where AIDS Funding Should Go (Dean Jamison and Nancy Padian, The Washington Post) 05/20/06
  • AIDS
    For 20 Years, HIV Was My Livelihood. Now, It's My Life
    (John-Manuel Andriote, The Washington Post) 05/14/06
  • District Gets Mixed AIDS Report Card (The Washington Post) 03/23/06
  • FDA to Review Ban on Gay Men Donating Blood (The Washington Post) 03/18/06
  • PSA tackles ''PNP''
    TV ad warns against crystal meth usage in the gay male community
    (Metro Weekly) 03/16/06
  • D.C., Md. Face Cut In AIDS Funding
    Grants to Be Linked To Use of Patients' Names to Track HIV
    (The Washington Post) 03/13/06
  • Searching for STDs
    Hunting for a new strain of chlamydia among gay men in D.C.
    (Metro Weekly) 02/16/06
  • Whitman-Walker unveils strategy for turnaround
    Clinic to cut board, become primary health care facility
    (The Washington Blade) 01/13/06
  • Strategic Planning
    After a long year of financial instability and uncertainty, Whitman-Walker Clinic announces plans to reconfigure its board and services
    (Metro Weekly) 01/12/06
  • D.C. Smoking Ban Approved
    Mayor Weighs Veto Despite 11-1 Council Vote
    (The Washington Post) 01/05/06
  • Bashing the Ban
    Nightlife and restaurant supporters rally against legislation to prevent smoking in DC workplaces
    (Metro Weekly) 01/05/06

    2005

  • Council welcomes, warns new AIDS chief
    Martin faces ‘real challenge’ in fixing HAA’s problems
    (The Washington Blade) 10/14/05
  • AIDS office director meets with activists
    Appleseed promises updated report card on HIV in D.C.
    (The Washington Blade) 10/07/05
  • GLAA testifies in favor of anti-smoking legislation 09/22/05
  • D.C. hires national figure to lead AIDS office
    Marsha Martin leaves AIDS Action, vows to fix troubled District agency
    (The Washington Blade) 08/26/05
  • Where Camaraderie Replaces Stigma
    Frederick Camp Provides Positive Setting for Youths Who Know Pain of AIDS
    (The Washington Post) 08/20/05
  • 1 in 20 (Editorial, The Washington Post) 08/17/05
  • District Fires Top AIDS Program Administrator
    Agency's Management, Staffing Faulted in Recent Report
    (The Washington Post) 08/17/05
  • GLAA statement on firing of HAA Director Lydia Watts 08/16/05
  • Vowing to Set the World Straight
    Proponents of Reparative Therapy Say They Can Help Gay Patients Become Heterosexual. Experts Call That a Prescription for Harm
    (The Washington Post) 08/16/05
  • HIV/AIDS in Washington, D.C.
    Interview with medical director of Whitman-Walker Clinic (The Washington Post) 08/10/05
  • D.C. Criticized for Not Treating AIDS as a Citywide Health Crisis
    Report Describes Problem as Epidemic, Response as Anemic
    (The Washington Post) 08/10/05
  • GLAA supports bill on surrogate decision-making 08/08/05
  • Calif. Group in Talks With Whitman-Walker (The Washington Post) 07/23/05
  • Botswana's Gains Against AIDS Put U.S. Claims to Test (The Washington Post) 07/01/05
  • HAA’s very visible flaws (Rosendall, independent commentary, The Washington Blade) 07/01/05
  • Mayor pledges $2.2 million for Whitman-Walker
    Catania withdraws emergency aid bill
    (The Washington Blade) 06/24/05
  • Oversight Of HIV Services Faulted
    D.C. Audit Cites Lack of Controls
    (The Washington Post) 06/24/05
  • Efforts Underway to Boost Whitman-Walker Finances (The Washington Post) 06/21/05
  • Catania proposes emergency bill for clinic
    Whitman-Walker would receive $2.5 million from District
    (The Washington Blade) 06/17/05
  • Catania, Graham join call for D.C. smoking ban
    Gay bar owners say move will hurt business
    (The Washington Blade) 06/17/05
  • Smoking Ban Gaining In D.C.
    Bills Would Cover Restaurants, Bars
    (The Washington Post) 06/15/05
  • GLAA testifies in favor of smokefree workplace legislation 06/14/05
  • GLAA submits extended testimony on unique identifier amendment 06/13/05
  • For Region's Gay Community, A Day of Pride With a Purpose
    Annual Street Festival Turns Fundraiser for Whitman-Walker
    (The Washington Post) 06/13/05
  • Whitman-Walker's Woes (The Washington Post) 06/11/05
  • Whitman-Walker in Line for $500,000
    Head of CareFirst Proposes Gift to Cash-Strapped AIDS Clinic
    (The Washington Post) 06/10/05
  • Officials Look for Ways to Maintain AIDS Care (The Washington Post) 06/08/05
  • Clinic's Troubles Years in Making
    Whitman-Walker Slow to React
    (The Washington Post) 06/06/05
  • Whitman-Walker to End AIDS Service in Suburbs
    D.C. Clinic's Cash-Flow Squeeze Forces Layoffs, Renewed Focus on Core Programs
    (The Washington Post) 06/02/05
  • GLAA testifies on HIV surveillance 05/26/05
  • Catania Reroutes Health Funding
    No-Bid Contracts Raise Questions
    (The Washington Post) 05/22/05
  • AIDS Agency Gets Break on Disbursements
    D.C. Office Tardy Paying Nonprofits
    (The Washington Post) 05/21/05
  • D.C. Agency Is Ordered To Speed AIDS Bills
    Nonprofit Clinics Are Owed Millions
    (The Washington Post) 05/19/05
  • AIDS Clinic Caught in Cash Crisis
    Whitman-Walker Delays Paychecks, Plans Cuts
    (The Washington Post) 05/18/05
  • The Pessivist
    Larry Kramer takes his doomsaying on the road, runs into Frank Kameny
    (The Washington Post) 05/09/05
  • Gay Groups Assail Sperm Bank Rule (The Washington Post) 05/07/05
  • AIDS Activists Walk, But the Shoes Talk
    8,000 Pairs Represent Daily Deaths
    (The Washington Post) 05/06/05
  • GLAA responds to anti-gay slander aired on News 4 04/22/05
  • Whitman-Walker Joins Efforts to Prohibit Smoking (Metro Weekly) 03/31/05
  • HAA funded ‘phantom’ AIDS groups
    D.C. inspector general reveals improper handling of AIDS grant
    (The Washington Blade) 03/25/05
  • GLAA submits testimony on HIV/AIDS Administration 03/17/05
  • $3 million left unspent at HAA amid service cuts (The Washington Blade) 03/11/05
  • Deadly Ignorance (Editorial, The Washington Post) 02/27/05
  • Request to Edit Title of Talk On Gays, Suicide Stirs Ire
    HHS Is Being Accused of Marginalization
    (The Washington Post) 02/16/05
  • Study: Many Blacks Cite AIDS Conspiracy
    Prevention Efforts Hurt, Activists Say
    (The Washington Post) 01/25/05
  • D.C. cuts HIV prevention funds targeting gays (The Washington Blade) 01/21/05
  • GLAA Hails Council Creation of Health Committee 01/04/05

    2004

  • Some Abstinence Programs Mislead Teens, Report Says (The Washington Post) 12/02/04
  • GLAA urges Cropp to create Committee on Health 11/08/04
  • Clinic urges Congressional conferees to allow local funding of D.C. needle exchange 09/30/04
  • Medical Assistance Administration responds to GLAA 08/23/04
  • HAA money problems halt CDC-funded study (The Washington Blade) 08/13/04
  • Evans presses city administrator on DOH rulemaking 08/10/04
  • New HAA boss fought needles (The Washington Blade) 08/06/04
  • Comments on DOH Rulemaking Ignored 08/05/04
  • GLAA urges equal treatment for domestic partners in program for workers with HIV 03/17/04

    2003

  • D.C. Whistleblower takes HAA to court 12/11/03
  • City's double dealing on abstinence grant revealed 08/12/03
  • GLAA to Chairman Frelinghuysen: Please oppose social riders to DC Appropriations bill 07/06/03
  • Catania warns HAA's Lewis against retaliation (The Washington Blade) 06/20/03
  • HIV/AIDS Director Defends Leadership Before D.C. Council (The Washington Post) 05/16/03
  • Summersgill details negligence, unresponsiveness at HIV/AIDS Administration 05/15/03
  • GLAA replies to DCBCI on abstinence-only education grants 04/30/03
  • Minister urges GLAA to reconsider opposition to abstinence-only grant 04/28/03
  • US Attorney for the District of Columbia:
    Criminal Complaint against Michael Wayne Martin in the Washington Teachers Union case
    04/02/03
  • GLAA endorses efforts of DC Primary Care Association 02/24/03
  • GLAA opposes abstinence-only education grant 02/17/03
  • Davis responds to Simmons on HIV surveillance, racism (Metro Weekly) 02/13/03
  • UHU's Ron Simmons renews his smears against GLAA, ACT UP (Interview, Metro Weekly) 02/06/03
  • DC Inspector General to audit HIV/AIDS Administration (The Washington Post) 01/24/03

    2002

  • GLAA endorses Health-Care Decisions Amendment Act 12/05/02
  • GLAA urges creation of DC Council Committee on Health 12/03/02
  • GLAA testifies for HIV Unique Identifier System Amendment Act 12/02/02
  • ACT UP questions "Sacred Sexuality" funding from DOH 08/05/02
  • Ambrose calls for hearing on HIV Unique Identifier Amendment Act 08/02/02
  • GLAA slams mismanagement, lack of oversight at D.C. Dept. of Health 03/06/02
  • Summersgill urges hearing on HIV unique identifier amendment act 01/28/02

    2001

  • RFA for STD Internet Surveillance Grant violates Mayor's Executive Order 11/30/01
  • Whitman-Walker defends needle exchange in letter to House/Senate conferees 11/12/01
  • Summersgill responds to Simmons on privacy and HIV surveillance (The Washington Blade) 11/09/01
  • Simmons: Political agenda blocks HIV name reporting (The Washington Blade) 10/26/01
  • GLAA slams mismanagement and unresponsiveness at HIV/AIDS Administration 11/02/01
  • ACT UP slams chat-room surveillance as "dubious use of taxpayer dollars" 10/29/01
  • GLAA refutes the so-called racial divide on HIV privacy concerns (letter in Washington City Paper) 09/06/01
  • Summersgill replies to Mendelson on HIV Surveillance 08/15/01
  • GLAA dissents from HIV Surveillance Implementation Advisory Group Report 07/18/01
  • Summersgill files FOIA request for HIV/AIDS Administration budgets 05/22/01
  • Summersgill requests HIV/AIDS Administration budgets 05/08/01
  • Rosendall to DC Council: stop the grandstanding on DC General 04/27/01
  • GLAA testifies on HIV surveillance for DOH oversight hearing 02/26/01
  • Mendelson warns that HIV reporting plan compromises confidentiality 01/18/01
  • Graham calls HIV reporting plan "counterproductive" 01/18/01
  • Mendelson Criticizes Proposed HIV Reporting Rules 01/03/01

    2000

  • DOH's Ron Lewis responds to GLAA on HIV reporting 12/30/00
  • ACLU defends privacy in HIV reporting 12/21/00
  • GLAA criticizes proposed HIV reporting regulations 12/20/00
  • Summersgill testifies in favor of Marinol reclassification 05/10/00
  • GLAA defends medical marijuana, opposes felony status for possession 05/10/00
  • Testimony for FY 2001 Budget Hearings on the Department of Health 03/24/00
  • GLAA asks DC Council to pass Marinol reclassification bill 03/21/00
  • Summersgill seeks meeting with Allen on Marinol reclassification 01/28/00
  • CDC Guidelines for National HIV Case Surveillance 01/20/00

    1999

  • Lambda Legal Defense Issues 1999 World AIDS Day Report Card 11/29/99
    GLAA and more than 100 allies get an "A" for signing joint statement opposing HIV names reporting
  • DC Council urges Congress to respect Initiative 59 results 09/21/99
  • Official Results of Initiative 59 (DC Board of Elections and Ethics) 09/20/99
  • Court Ruling hailed as a 'Victory' for Medical Marijuana Initiative 59 09/17/99
  • Judge's Order in DC Medical Marijuana Case 09/17/99
  • Mayor Announces Decision to Implement Unique Identifier System (08/20/99)
  • Howell Praises Evans' leadership in Council's response on HIV Names Reporting (08/03/99)
  • Former HHS Secretary Sullivan Defends Needle Exchange (07/30/99)
  • Former Surgeon General Koop Defends Needle Exchange (07/29/99)
  • Ramsey Writes Hastert to Urge Repeal of Ban on Needle Exchange Funding (07/27/99)
  • Eleven of Thirteen Councilmembers Oppose HIV Names Reporting (07/27/99)
  • Howell protests one-sided HIV surveillance roundtable meeting (07/06/99)
  • Howell urges Allen committee to block names reporting (04/14/99)
  • Department of Health won't budge on names reporting (04/15/99)
  • GLAA testifies on FY 2000 AIDS budget (04/01/99)
  • Open Letter to Public Health Officials Regarding Names-Based HIV Reporting 03/15/99
  • GLAA joins AIDS experts opposing mandatory HIV names reporting (02/21/99)
  • Open Letter to Public Health Officials Regarding Names-Based HIV Reporting (02/21/99)
  • GLAA Calls for Council Hearing on Names Reporting Plans (01/11/99)
  • ACLU Comments on CDC Draft Guidelines on National HIV Case Surveillance (01/11/99)
  • Howell to Blade: AHA should adopt unique identifier system (01/01/99)

    1998

  • D.C. Election Winners Opposed to Names Reporting (12/23/98)
  • Federal Register: CDC Draft Guidelines for HIV Case Surveillance (text version) 12/10/98
  • Federal Register: CDC Draft Guidelines for HIV Case Surveillance (PDF version) 12/10/98
  • GLAA joins amicus brief in Barr Amendment case (12/01/98)
  • Exit Polls Show Big Win for Medical Marijuana (11/03/98)
  • Medical marijuana initiative wins court battle (09/03/98)
  • GLAA/Stein testimony on Agency for HIV/AIDS (06/18/98)
  • San Francisco AIDS Foundation Critique of HIV Names Reporting (05/98)
  • HIV Surveillance by Non-Name Based Identifier, the Maryland Experience (04/01/98)
  • Name Based HIV Case Reporting Fails in New Jersey -- Why Institute It in New York? (03/19/98)
  • Coudriet testifies on D.C. AIDS spending (02/25/98)
  • Schmid testifies on HIV/AIDS issues (02/25/98)

    1997

  • The Maryland Lesson: Conducting Effective HIV Surveillance with Unique Identifiers (An American Civil Liberties Union Report) (12/97)
  • HIV Surveillance and Name Reporting: A Public Health Case for Protecting Civil Liberties (ACLU AIDS Project) (10/97)
  • Many People Who Seek Anonymous HIV-Antibody Testing Would Avoid It Under Other Circumstances [Kegeles (1990) - abstract] (10/03/97)
  • NAPWA Position Statement on HIV Surveillance (10/03/97)
  • Testimony on HIV/AIDS (02/97)

    1996

  • letter against emergency legislation (12/96)
  • GLAA supports use of animals in HIV/AIDS research (1996)
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