Health & HIV/AIDS
Why It Matters:
Discrimination and a lack of appropriate funding for our community’s health needs deprive many LGBT people and their families of the care they need and prevent us from achieving the optimal level of health and wellness.
One of the critical health issues facing the community is HIV/AIDS, which took center stage at the 2009 Creating Change conference with top leaders in the movement delivering a stirring series of speeches at the panel HIV/AIDS Crisis: This Is What We’re Doing About It! Watch it below:
What We’re Doing:
- The Obama administration is pursuing health care reform and the Task Force is very involved in that dialogue. Task Force Executive Director Rea Carey attended the White House Summit on Health Reform in March 2009. Read her statement about the summit.
- The Task Force’s Public Policy & Government Affairs team is working hard on Capitol Hill to advocate for better policies and to secure funds to support the health needs of LGBT people.
