Let's End the HIV Travel Ban!
Help end discrimination against people living with HIV and AIDS!
Urge your Representative in Congress to endorse a "Dear Colleague" letter from Members of Congress to the Bush Administration urging it to eliminate the discriminatory entry ban on non-U.S. citizens living with HIV and AIDS.
For over 20 years, the United States has included HIV on its list of "communicable diseases of public health significance," which automatically denies infected individuals entry to the United States. Congress originally passed this law at a time when we had a limited understanding of how HIV/AIDS was transmitted and homosexuality was still grounds for inadmissibility to the United States. Over the past 20 years, the ban has discriminated and stigmatized people living with HIV and AIDS (Gay Men's Health Crisis).
In late July, Congress took the first step towards eliminating this discriminatory ban by passing the legislation to reauthorize the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. But this was only the first part of eliminating the policy. Now it is up to the Bush Administration to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to remove HIV from the list of communicable diseases of public health significance. YOU CAN DO SOMETHING!
Urge your Representative to speak up against the discriminatory entry ban by endorsing the "Dear Colleague"letter that urges the Bush Administration to end the travel ban on non-U.S. citizens living with HIV and AIDS.
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In other news, this week has been emotionally eviscerating. I need a serious vacation away from here. As far away from here as I can get.
Help end discrimination against people living with HIV and AIDS!
Urge your Representative in Congress to endorse a "Dear Colleague" letter from Members of Congress to the Bush Administration urging it to eliminate the discriminatory entry ban on non-U.S. citizens living with HIV and AIDS.
For over 20 years, the United States has included HIV on its list of "communicable diseases of public health significance," which automatically denies infected individuals entry to the United States. Congress originally passed this law at a time when we had a limited understanding of how HIV/AIDS was transmitted and homosexuality was still grounds for inadmissibility to the United States. Over the past 20 years, the ban has discriminated and stigmatized people living with HIV and AIDS (Gay Men's Health Crisis).
In late July, Congress took the first step towards eliminating this discriminatory ban by passing the legislation to reauthorize the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. But this was only the first part of eliminating the policy. Now it is up to the Bush Administration to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to remove HIV from the list of communicable diseases of public health significance. YOU CAN DO SOMETHING!
Urge your Representative to speak up against the discriminatory entry ban by endorsing the "Dear Colleague"letter that urges the Bush Administration to end the travel ban on non-U.S. citizens living with HIV and AIDS.
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In other news, this week has been emotionally eviscerating. I need a serious vacation away from here. As far away from here as I can get.
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merritt:
Hey Steph! Thank you thank you! I need to talk to my sister and sort out what my schedule will be. I will do that tomorrow. I have some other friends I need to visit while I am there too. It shall be a busy trip! But I will endeavor to be free either Saturday evening or Sunday afternoon. How far are you away from Oakland?
sarahg:
really? what was it about?