ACT UP/San Francisco

Greetings all ACT UP/SF (3rd generation) alums who are still on Facebook. Liz H here. Cleaning out my drawer recently I found some cash the group collected from various fundraisers. Yes, it's been sitting there 10+ years! I'd like to donate it to a good cause. I know there are many HIV-related organizations -- and LGBTQIA+, harm reduction, s*x worker, etc -- that would be appropriate. But I'm thinking a donation to an individual might have the most impact. A former group ally has serious medical issues after a severe case of COVID and a stroke, and he could use money to get training for a new career with a disability. It's probably futile to get any sort of group consensus -- and I've fallen out of touch with most of the core members -- but I thought I'd put this out there as an idea.

A late-stage trial of a promising COVID-19 vaccine candidate, which starts this week, excludes people living with HIV. Advocates are not about to let that stand.

Will People With HIV Be Excluded From COVID-19 Vaccine Trials? Sign-on letter from advocates demands that HIV-positive people not be left out.

By now you've probably heard of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, two malaria drugs Trump is touting as a treatment for COVID-19. They've shown some activity in small studies, but can cause serious side effects and experts stress clinical trials are needed (several are underway).

Can Chloroquine Prevent or Cure COVID-19? Drugs used for decades to treat malaria may help people with the new coronavirus, but clinical trials are needed.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle is a great source (despite the name, they do a lot of virology and immunology research too, especially around HIV) -- kudos to them for putting together these resources.

Science papers you should be reading about the coronavirus Here are a few of the papers our scientists are reading that you might want to check out, too.

25th anniversary memorial events coming up this weekend...

The Bay Area Reporter Online | Activists recall 1990 AIDS confab Breaking news & opinion from the B.A.R.

ACT UP art show at Magnet in San Francisco

Urgent !!! Urgent!!! Urgent!!! :
Call Congressman Joe Pitts
DC office 202-225-2411 / Lancaster PA 717-3930667/ Unionville PA 610-444-4581 AND FAX 202-225-2013 Twitter and tell him not to mess with 340B spending as a large portion of AIDS Prevention is funded through the existing discount frame work . Without that frame work of funding many AIDS Prevention Programs will no longer exist!!! Strike down 42USC257b / HANDS OFF 34OB
PLEASE RESEND
PLEASE RESEND

It's time to put an end to decades of blatant discrimination - join in this Friday, July 11th for the Gay Blood Drive - help force the FDA to change it's prejudicial rules based on fears and not facts.

Blood Drive For Gay Men This Friday Aims To End Decades-Long Gay Blood Stigma Since 1983, there's been a ban on blood from any man who's ever had s*x with another man.

Iowa Court Tosses Sentence in HIV Exposure Case Six months after ProPublica’s story, Iowa’s highest court has thrown out Nick Rhoades’ 25-year prison sentence for criminal transmission of HIV.

Introducing the Atlanta Principles:

http://actupny.com/actions/files/The_Atlanta_Principles.pdf

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ACT UP banner drop today at the CDC...