As the nation marks the opening of LGBT Pride Month, executive directors from 35 LGBT and HIV/AIDS organizations from across the United States released a joint letter committing themselves and their organizations to re-engaging the broader LGBT community in the fight against HIV, according to a press release.
“We are at an important crossroad in our fight against HIV,” said National Minority AIDS Council Executive Director Paul Kawata. “The evidence behind treatment as prevention, and expansions in health care coverage that will accompany implementation of the Affordable Care Act, have provided a unique opportunity to end this epidemic, which has ravaged our community for more than three decades.”
Among those who signed the letter were leaders from Family Equality Council, SAGE, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Center on Halsted, PFLAG National, Transgender Law Center and Equality Illinois.
The full letter is at salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/5208/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8020.