Celebrating 47 Years! Issue 16 Volume 49
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TEXAS ANTI-TRANS BILL
VACCINE TRIALS EXPAND TO CHILDREN
COVID FUNERAL COSTS
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARIES
“IMAGINE VAN GOGH”
IMMERSIVE ART EXHIBIT COMING TO TACOMA
Seattle Gay News PARENTS = CRIMINALS?
FEMA REIMBURSEMENTS
S E AT T L E ’S L GB T Q
BEGIN REOPENING
N E W S & E N T E R TA I N M E N T W E E K LY
BIDEN INCREASES BUDGET FOR HIV PREVENTION The program, managed by the Health and Human Services Department (HHS), would have a budget of $670 million instead of the $403 million it had been allotted under Trump. “Investing in Public Health” is a key component of Biden’s budget proposal, and the memo outlining the eventual proposal reaffirms that the White House “commits to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic.” “To help accelerate and strengthen efforts to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States, the discretionary request includes $670 million within HHS to help aggressively reduce new HIV cases while increasing access to treatment, expanding the use of preexposure prophylaxis [PrEP], and ensuring equitable access to services and supports,” the OMB outline declares.
by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer The Biden administration wants to increase spending on HIV prevention by about 40%, according to the Executive Office of Management and Budget (OMB). In an initial budget proposal – known as a “skinny budget” – the OMB revealed new spending plans for executive departments in 2022, including budget increases for a number of HIV-related programs. In the proposal, the “Ending the HIV Epidemic” program will get an additional $267 million, its first increase since it was started in 2019 under the Trump administration.
see HIV BUDGET page 16
Image courtesy of hiv.gov
Queer Love in Color Honest representation CONGRATULATIONS ON 45 YEARS!
Mike and Phil – Photo courtesy of Jamal Jordan
by Janice Athill SGN Contributing Writer QUEER LOVE IN COLOR Ten Speed Press / Penguin Random House $28.00 Available for Pre-order May 4 224 pages
“When the world values being white and straight above all else, how do you learn to love yourself when you are neither?” Jamal Jordan, a photographer, editor, and digital storyteller at the New York Times, has used his experiences and observations of America to diagnose one of the major things missing from our current society: honest representation.
see QUEER LOVE page 13