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At the beginning of this school year, Ohio Advocates Youth Leadership Council member Ilya and her friend created their school’s first ever GSA (Gay Straight Alliance) club. Things have been going well – they’ve had a steady group of peers coming to their meetings, created a facebook page, compiled valuable resources to share, and have captured the support of their Principal. They’ve even started to plan themed awareness events and put together a list of speakers they would like to invite to their meetings. Not bad for a brand …
We had another amazing World AIDS Day candlelight procession and program in Cleveland, Ohio this year! Our community came together once again to hear featured HIV+ speakers, community and faith leaders, and performers. We supported one another as we remembered those who we have lost to this vicious disease and we came together to continue the fight against HIV and AIDS.
I want to share a couple of highlights from the evening. One of Ohio’s premier drag troupes, the Cleveland Kings and Girls once again inspired the crowd with …
I’ve recently been alerted to a relatively new abstinence-only-until-marriage organization popping up in southwest Ohio. The organization, called Maximum Freedom, Inc., claims to “empower students with medically accurate sexual health and relationship information to achieve a lifetime of Maximum Freedom.” Maximum Freedom, Inc. is currently seeking a Classroom Educator and interestingly, there seem to be no minimum requirements and limited training for this position. Apparently, all they need is a “commitment” to review the materials. Despite this, the description insists that “Our Educators are carefully selected to ensure that …
Some of you may remember that high school student Danny Sparks and several of his peers had taken on the Parma City School District (PCSD) for their lack of an acceptable sexual health education program, particularly using Operation Keepsake, an abstinence-only-until-marriage program as its fundamental source. Long before the first public address by the students at the PCSD Board meeting, students and supporters had tried unsuccessfully to get the administration to seriously examine the issue. So, in February of 2010, the students made their point in front of the …
On June 5th 1981, the Center for Disease Control reported the first cases of what we now know as HIV/AIDS. In the past thirty years, we have seen remarkable progress in the treatment and care for HIV+ individuals leading to longer, healthier lives. But we continue to see the great need for prevention resources and access to life-saving to medication.
Unfortunately, as thirty years of HIV rolls upon us in Ohio, and the Greater Cleveland area in particular, we are seeing increases of STDs and HIV in youth …
World AIDS Day is a time to reflect on the past, remember those we have lost to the disease, honor those with us, and look forward to the future. It is a time to promote awareness in support of prevention, care and services, and advocacy. This year, the HIV/AIDS Community in Cleveland created an unprecedented World AIDS Day event — Cleveland Rocks! World AIDS Day 2010 was the culmination of a week long of events. Here is a brief week in review:
Cleveland City Council Resolution in Honor of World AIDS …
I’m wearing THE T-shirt today. The t-shirt simply says HIV POSITIVE and I’m wearing it all day today. So are about about 250 Northeast Ohioans, a few state- and nationwide, and even a few internationally.
http://www.cleveland.com/living/index.ssf/2010/03/aids_taskforce_t-shirt_aims_to.html
Activism takes many forms and The AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland decided to create an anti-stigma campaign wherein anyone, regardless of HIV status, agrees to wear The T-shirt all day, go about their regular routine and report about their experience.
The purpose is to break down the stigma surrounding those who are infected or …
HIV/AIDS infected and affected Ohoians filled the pews of First United Methodist Church in Cleveland on Dec. 3rd to tell White House officials their thoughts for improving care and access to HIV/AIDS services. For nearly two and half hours, consumers of HIV/AIDS services, professionals, friends and family provided continuous testimony of practical and heartfelt recommendations and demands including needle exchange, condoms in prisons, anti-stigma media programs, streamlined program processes and more. I was inspired and proud of my community and began to think this exercise could actually help to …
The Ohio House Health Committee heard proponent testimony on the Ohio Prevention First Act (HB 293) on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009. HB 293 includes a breakout bill (Act for Our Children’s Future) that promotes comprehensive sexuality education in
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