Comments on: Making a list, checking it twice

By: Realit-E

Realit-E — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:55:08 +0000

Rick,

You said you wanted “A list that is not all about the transgenders. Hello, when did they take over?” Please tell me you are joking, right? There is only one organization dedicated to the transgender community on this list. Every other organization is all inclusive of the entire LGBT Community. And what do you mean they are taking over? Last time I checked, violence towards the transgender community has increased in this area and is not stopping. They are the lowest served and respected group in the country and unfortunately (thanks to people like you) in our own LGBT Community.

Let me guess, you’re probably a white privileged male that never had to worry about someone following you in a store, harrasing you on the street, not letting you into an establishment because of who you are, or working ten times harder to prove yourself. Get over yourself! People like you in this community make me sick!

I hope EVERY organization on this list gets everything they wish for.

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By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:20:14 +0000

My wishlist
1. A list that is not all about the transgenders. Hello, when did they take over?
2. An effective Equality Maryland. Sorry, but that trainwreck won’t stop. 2A. Bring back Dan Furmansky.
3. A DC Center not constantly looking for a “new home”. Isn’t obvious that this organization needs to hit the re-start button? If it were relevant, it would have resources.

By: Kate K

Kate K — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:54:11 +0000

The AIDS Policy Project has almost single-handedly revived activism around a cure for AIDS (not treatment, not vaccines, etc.); research which was woefully underfunded and ignored.

Here’s what they are doing:

1, They reinvigorated a demoralized group of scientists, and pushed the National Institutes of Health to divulge the amount of money it spends on AIDS cure research (astoundingly, only 3% of its AIDS research budget),

2. They convinced major publications like New York Magazine to cover the issue–

3. And successfully prodded the NIH to spend $13 million *new* dollars on AIDS cure research, which is funding critical new research initiatives.

4. They wrote a groundbreaking little report, AIDS Cure Research for Everyone, which has influenced policymakers and Nobel Prize winners alike. (Free on their web site.)

5. They’ve also managed to rally other groups to push for a cure–something that everyone talked about but few activists were actually working on when the AIDS Policy Project started.

Want to help? They sure need you. Please volunteer or make a financial contribution. http://www.AIDSPolicyProject.org

:-)