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Wednesday, June 11

Please Act Now to End the HIV Travel and Immigration Ban

Please join Gay Men's Health Crisis in fighting the HIV travel & immigration ban. "What do terrorists, money launderers, child smugglers and people living with HIV have in common? They're all automatically banned from entering the United States. After more than twenty years, this outrageous...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queers United on 06-11-2008
Monday, March 31

Canadian challenges US HIV travel ban after nasty border encounter at Blaine

Source: Globe and Mail , Associated Press via Cleveland Leader VANCOUVER -- A harrowing encounter between an HIV-positive Canadian traveling to the United States and a U.S. border guard at the Peach Arch crossing near Blaine, Wash. has helped thrust a long-standing but little-known law back into the...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 03-31-2008
Monday, March 31

Canadian challenges US HIV travel ban after nasty border encounter at Blaine

Source: Globe and Mail , Associated Press via Cleveland Leader VANCOUVER -- A harrowing encounter between an HIV-positive Canadian traveling to the United States and a U.S. border guard at the Peach Arch crossing near Blaine, Wash. has helped thrust a long-standing but little-known law back into the...

Posted to Qblog (Weblog) by external blog Qnews : nw:gaynews on 03-31-2008
Tuesday, March 11

Senate may use AIDS funding bill to lift HIV travel ban

Source: Associated Press and BBSNews Gay-rights activists are hoping to use a global AIDS relief bill supported by the Bush administration to repeal a 15-year-old law restricting travel to the U.S. by HIV-positive people. Activists oppose the near-ban as discriminatory since HIV is the only medical condition...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 03-11-2008
Friday, February 29

Facing lawsuit, State Dept. ends HIV ban for Foreign Service

Source: Washington Blade The State Department on Feb. 15 ended its longstanding policy of automatically rejecting candidates for the U.S. Foreign Service if they test positive for HIV, saying officials will now assess each candidate on a case-by-case basis to determine if their HIV status enables them...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 02-29-2008
Friday, February 15

Egypt continues to arrest men suspected of being HIV-positive

Source: BBC News , Human Rights Watch press release , and Medical News Today Egyptian police have arrested four more men suspected of being HIV positive, bringing the total detained in a recent crackdown to 12, rights groups say. Human Rights Watch (HRW) said last week that HIV-positive Egyptian men...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 02-15-2008

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Please Act Now to End the HIV Travel and Immigration Ban

Canadian challenges US HIV travel ban after nasty border encounter at Blaine

Canadian challenges US HIV travel ban after nasty border encounter at Blaine

Senate may use AIDS funding bill to lift HIV travel ban

Facing lawsuit, State Dept. ends HIV ban for Foreign Service

Egypt continues to arrest men suspected of being HIV-positive

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