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Lack of funding risks resurgence of HIV, new report says
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by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer Lack of funding for HIV treatment and prevention risks a resurgence of the HIV epidemic, a new report in The Lancet medical journal says.
The report, compiled by the Lancet Commission, blames a “dangerous complacency” on the part of world governments for the problem. Experts quoted in the report warn that
see HIV FUNDS page 11
Trump wants to boot HIV+ soldiers Lawsuits challenge policy
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by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer Two separate lawsuits have been filed challenging a Trump administration policy that could allow it to dismiss HIV-positive members of the armed forces from service.
The suits, Harrison v. Mattis and Doe v. Mattis, have been filed by Lambda Legal on behalf of US armed forces personnel who stand to lose their careers and any jobrelated benefits if the policy is implemented.
see HIV+ SOLDIERS page 11
New Cuban constitution 40 US senators sign letter to guarantee marriage opposing anti-LGBTQ “without distinction of sex” legislation to establish a “license to discriminate” in child welfare services
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by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer According to the Cuban state newspaper Granma, the country’s new constitution will define marriage as a “voluntary
and consensual union between two people without distinction of sex.” According to Reuters, the Secretary of the Cuban Council of State, Homero Acosta,
see CUBA page 13
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WASHINGTON – [On July 25], the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, praised the 40 US senators who signed a letter opposing a discrimi-
natory, anti-LGBTQ “license to discriminate” amendment to the FY 2019 funding bill for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. The
see SENATE page 12