Tag: gender
Elizabeth Owens Was NYC’s Powerhouse HIV Organizer
A powerhouse activist organizing for people living with HIV, drug users and unhoused New ...
Canada Quietly Lifts Ban on Peer Injection Assistance at Safe Consumption Sites
On March 1, the Canadian harm reduction movement enjoyed a quiet win. Health Canada, ...
Pandemic Hits Sexual and Reproductive Health Efforts Worldwide
Children may be less vulnerable to COVID-19, but the pandemic is disrupting their access ...
Court Reins In Social Workers’ Power in Drug-War Child Removals
Social workers are overlooked actors in the drug war, separating parents who use drugs ...
African HIV Responders’ Funding Hit Hardest by US Abortion “Gag Rule”
Organizations working to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa have been the most impacted ...
Second Woman Reports Sexual Assault by TSA in Orlando
A Transport Security Administration (TSA) officer sexually assaulted me during a “search” at Orlando ...
How the TSA Has Stonewalled My Follow-Up to Being Sexually Assaulted
Last fall, a Transportation Security Administration agent sexually assaulted me at Orlando International Airport. ...
Radical Theater Performance Subverts Rikers Violence
Christmas was a week away. The sky was baby blue, but you wouldn’t have ...
The Artist Making Harm Reduction Gay Again
The makeshift harm reduction center quietly popped up in Chelsea, one of the historically ...
The End of NYC’s HIV Epidemic Is In Sight—Except for Trans Women
New York City is the first city in the United States to meet a ...
