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We Can End AIDS March on July 24th at AIDS 2012!

On July 24 in Washington D.C. during the upcoming International AIDS Conference, AIDS ACTION NOW! will be marching with thousands of activists from around the world for the We Can End AIDS Mobilization for Economic Justice and Human Rights. Join AIDS ACTION NOW! … Continue reading

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Call for papers by journal “Research for Sex Work”: HIV and Sex Work

Below is a posting from the Global Network of Sex Work Projects, an incredible group of committed grassroots activists with heaps of integrity and a serious bull-shit detector.  They tell it like it is.  No matter the audience.  Drawing on their … Continue reading

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AAN! Continues to Decry HIV Criminalization: A recent interview in the “Socialist Worker”

In a recent interview with www.socialistworkercanada.com, AAN! steering committee member Jordan Bond-Gorr talks about the inconsistent, unfair and unjust application of the criminal law to people living with HIV who are accused of not disclosing their HIV status to sexual … Continue reading

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Ontario Crown Prosecutors on Witch-Hunt: PHAs Must Always Disclose HIV Status before Sex or Face Imprisonment

This is a long posting … but we urge you to read it.  The Ontario government wants to turn back the clock to the early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, when people living with HIV were openly and publicly vilified, … Continue reading

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Feds cutting healthcare for refugees: Health of HIV+ put at risk

The Federal government is making major changes to the Interim Federal Health Program, which refugee claimants have historically relied upon for healthcare.  Not surprisingly, the Feds are slashing health coverage for refugees.  The changes will take effect June 30, 2012. … Continue reading

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