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Chicago HIV report sparks reaction

The Department’s , released Friday, that suggests the infection rate among men in Chicago is nearly 20% has drawn varied responses from Chicago’s and community.
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From to , the responses were varied with one common that men no longer think is a . And despite extensive on the recently release report, many were unaware of the report and its contents.
“I’m not at all surprised by these statistics.” Said thirty-something Al joined by Jared and Jamie outside of the Center on Halsted. “The fact that a of our own community are not aware of their status is probably because of their of knowing.”
“We are very closeted in the U.S. regarding educating our youth,” added Jaime.
Some do not believe the numbers and conclusions published in the report.
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LGBT health survey shows trouble spots

. The largest to date comparing the of the , , and community to and non- residents showed disparities.

The statistics:

In a of nearly 1,600 residents:

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Gays and lesbians more likely to smoke (by quite a bit), study shows

: 37% of women smoke; 33% of men smoke.

Among : 18% of women smoke; 24% of men smoke

These figures come from researchers at the University of at Chapel Hill. Published in the August issue of Tobacco , they’re based on a review of 42 studies about among sexual . (The numbers are from the National Interview .)

It’s not that the finding that and are more likely to smoke is new. According to the summary of an earlier report from the , published in the American Journal of Preventive in 2001:

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Report Warns Murder Rate Against Transgendered People Is Rising

A new report has found an estimated 200 persons were murdered from January 2008 to June 2009; which is enough to say that every three days a person is killed somewhere in the world.

The project was started by the (TGEU) and the journal ‘Liminalis’ in an effort to track and combat committed against the , , , and questioning () community.

The project compiled at least 121 from 2008 and another 83 for the year-to-date. show that the for is a , effecting , , , , , and Oceania.

“Furthermore that the number of reports of murdered trans is increasing in the last years,” the report warns. “The majority of cases have been reported from and .”

The report shows Brazil is by far the most in the world for the community. In 2008, 59 were murdered while another 23 were reported so far this year. Last year, 16 were murdered in the , the second most dangerous .

While the report is an effort to document all crimes, even its authors admit to the limitations of compiling a while continue to avoid reporting .

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SCLC SPLIT OVER GAY MARRIAGE: Los Angeles office at odds with national officials.

* Movement Dr. , Jr. a group of Black who founded the Southern Christian Conference (SCLC) in 1959.

Even after King’s assassination in 1968, the SCLC remained one of the nation’s leading organizations. But now the group’s is under threat. The issue which could potentially split the is same- .

The Atlanta, Georgia-based of the group has threatened to suspend or remove Rev. P. Lee as head of the Los Angeles SCLC chapter because of his for .

But Lee and supporters in the L.A. chapter are fighting back essentially arguing that the national board does not have the authority to remove him. Lee is also thought to be seeking support from other SCLC chapters around the country.

Officially the national board says it is neutral on the issue but in reality, the group dominated by Black is strongly opposed to same- . Their view appears to be backed by a large majority of . An Edison/Mitofsky found that 70 percent of Black voters supported California’s Proposition 8 last fall. The proposition banned - in the state.

A similar national online conducted recently by Taylor Media Services found 72 percent of Blacks opposing same- which was supported by a of whites. were evenly split on the issue.

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McEntee: Discrimination is still with us

o is stepping out, urging a new anti- law that actually includes and in the traditional list of those affected by housing and .

Take that, all you who have squashed any such thinking on the state level, arguing disingenuously that “choosing to be ” is not grounds for protection. Mayor , a for , knows all about that .

And one of the most fascinating things is how the city’s Commission got there: Its down and talked to in five “dialogues on ” late last year. No lectures, no surveys. Just about classism/, with disabilities, , and .

Kilo , whose Center trained the commissioners, says the opener was, “How’s the city doing, and do you think there’s here?”

As talked, it became evident that race, gender, class, income and religious “we thought we had buried in the ’60s were much alive in our communities,” he says.

were shocked. “Are you sure?” they would ask. “I never knew was still alive!”

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Ending prisoner rape in Michigan

LINDA MCFARLANE writes:

The () last week settled a brought by over 500 female who were sexually abused in the state’s . With the $100-million , hopefully the will also begin to take the proactive steps needed to prevent and the sexual that continues to plague its facilities.

This decision came after more than ten years of litigation, during which the courts repeatedly ruled against the state.

Although the prevalence of in Michigan is well documented, leading officials have insisted that this type of is not a serious problem. In 2008, Director Patricia Caruso opposed national standards being developed to behind bars, stating that they would require that a “disproportionate amount of resources be dedicated to an issue that affects less than 1% of the prison .”

This claim is in of the facts. A 2007 national by the ’s , which surveyed at three Michigan , found that the proportion of experiencing sexual in the past year alone ranged from 4.6% to 7.9%.

and other forms of sexual cause long-term harm to and their communities. Prisoner suffer physical injury, contract and other , and experience severe . The vast majority of ultimately return home, bringing their and medical and with them.

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Report Shows LGBT Health Disparities

A new report on the non- and human service needs of in shows significant disparities compared to non- , reflecting exacerbated by lack of and .

The state-sponsored report, the first of its kind for New York, was prepared by researcher Somjen Frazer and published by the . It is based on , with 60 and human services experts, and surveys of 3,500 .

Key findings of the report, according to Somjen, include the of , which poses a to service access. Fourteen percent of , including one-third of , reported being homeless currently or at one point in their lives.

Lack of culturally also creates hurdles, with 40% of saying that too few professionals were adequately trained to deliver services to patients. Moreover, 27% said they feared they would be treated differently if their care provider learned they were .

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Gays Step Up Efforts to Reverse Gay-as-Godless Stereotype

A groundbreaking about the lives of gay Americans that the Barna Group put out last week got surprisingly little attention. In my latest &; Country column for U.S. News Weekly, I tied the Barna ’s fascinating portrait of to the rights movement’s recent efforts to ratchet up and messaging. Much of the work is aimed at reversing the -as-Godless .

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Though he was raised in the , Harry Knox knew he couldn’t become a minister in his because it doesn’t ordain openly . He enrolled in a of the more liberal but was eventually denied anyway. “My whole as an is an accidental ministry,” says Knox, 48, who now works at the Campaign, the nation’s largest rights group. “I would rather be a local pastor.”

Instead, since 2005, Knox has built ’s “ and program,” which works to combat the of the , , , and community as antireligious. “For far too long, organizations did not put religious at the of our efforts,” Knox says. “That’s a we’re making less often now.”

Those religious may be more plentiful than most Americans think. A out last week shows that most Americans pretty robust lives. While 72 percent of straight American describe their as “very important” in their lives, so do 60 percent of and . Almost as many, 58 percent, say they’ve made a personal and ongoing commitment to Christ.

And though they are much less likely than straights to share the beliefs of born-again —which comes as no , since most in the born-again condemn —the Barna found that 27 percent of do hold those beliefs. “Many in the Christian community assume there’s this significant between and in terms of beliefs and activities,” says , the country’s top on , who supervised the . “While there are statistically significant differences, it’s the narrow size of the that’s most surprising.”

The unleashed a torrent of hate , mostly from believers furious with Barna’s : that many are -believing . But more and more rights organizations are joining in stepping up efforts to highlight the beliefs of many Americans, largely through religious programs. And some religious and are to welcome and .

rights say that the 2004 election, when voters in 11 states passed bans that were heavily promoted through , was a wake-up call. To help counter the image of the battle as a fight between and religious Americans, , the National and , and other national rights quickly hired religious staff.

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