People living with HIV(PLHIV) are assured medication and access to antiretroviral (ARV) drugs even in the midst of the imposition of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (EQC) to contain the spread of the infectious COVID-19.
US: Admin unlawfully axing LGBTQ discrimination protections, suit claims
US: Pompeo’s “Rights Commission” is Worse Than Feared: Part I
US: Idaho Legislature sends bill prohibiting transgender people from altering birth certificates to governor for approval
Idaho's Republican-controlled Legislature has sent a bill to the governor's desk that would effectively block transgender people in the state from changing the listed sex on their birth certificates to match their gender identity, despite a federal judge having before struck down a similar state ban.
Ireland: ‘This is the calm before the storm’ - Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s address to the nation
Scotland: Church urges Government to drop Gender Recognition Reform Bill
UK: This is what women’s groups really think about reforming Scotland’s gender recognition laws
Global Equality Caucus meets in Canada to discuss value of parliamentary cooperation
US: Idaho Senate passes HB 500a, transgender athletes bill, on 24-11 vote
Today, HRC responded to the news that the Idaho Senate has passed HB 500, a discriminatory anti-transgender bill that would bar transgender women and girls from participating in sports consistent with their gender identity. It will undergo a few procedural votes before heading to Governor Brad Little for his signature.
UNAIDS welcomes government’s decision to make PrEP routinely available across England
UNAIDS warmly welcomes the decision made to make pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) available to everyone who needs it in England. Activists and advocates have been campaigning for a number of years to make the life-saving preventative HIV medicine available to people at higher risk of HIV and on 15 March the government announced that PrEP will be made available across the country as part of the government’s efforts to end HIV transmission by 2030.