Daylight launches as the first LGBT+ digital banking platform
Traditional banks and financial products weren’t necessarily created with a diverse audience in mind — these apps and accounts take more of a “one-size-fits-all” approach. But more and more start-ups are looking to democratize the space with more specific products for specific audiences. One of the newest companies aiming to disrupt the financial world is Daylight,…
T. R. Knight and Patrick Leahy Are In Love
T. R. Knight and Patrick Leahy Are In Love Remember T.R.Knight? He was a cast member of Grey’s Anatomy before he decided to leave the show for personal reasons. Though his career wasn’t as rosey as he wanted it to be, his love life surely is. Knight is in a long-term relationship with his boyfriend…
10 U.S. Cities with the highest HIV Rates
Around 1.1 million people are living with HIV in the United States of America (USA). Nearly one in seven of these people are unaware they have HIV. The size of the HIV epidemic is relatively small compared to the country’s population, but is heavily concentrated among several key affected populations. Around 70% of annual new…
Doctors worry coronavirus pandemic may hit LGBTQ people harder than most
Dr. Barbara Taylor, who treats HV patients and is a professor of infectious diseases in San Antonio, said there has been a drop nationwide in people getting tested for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases since many outreach programs were forced to suspend services because of the pandemic. The result could lead to a rise…
Metro Orlando in top 5 places for new HIV cases in country
ORLANDO, Fla. — The pandemic has grabbed the world’s attention, but another illness is hitting Central Florida hard. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the Orlando metro area is in the top five places in the country for new cases of HIV. Because COVID-19 has taken up so much of the Department of Health’s…
WE BELIEVE IN A WORLD WITHOUT HIV.
WE BELIEVE IN A WORLD WITHOUT HIV. ACRIA envisions a world where all people with HIV receive the treatment and support they need to lead healthy, productive lives and where transmissions of the virus have been eliminated. In 1991, a group of physicians, activists, and people with HIV, tired of the slow pace of government-sponsored…
National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day #NLAAD2020
The Latino Commission on AIDS (LCOA) , the Hispanic Federation and other organizations organize this day to build capacity for non-profit organizations and health departments to reach Latinx/Hispanic communities, promote HIV testing, and provide HIV prevention information and access to care. The 2020 theme is, “Living with HIV or Not…We’re in This Together”. Source : https://www.hiv.gov/events/awareness-days/latino