GLAA on Public Health
Ensuring that the health needs of LGBTQ people are recognized and served.
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)Mayor Gray signs bill to prohibit conversion therapy for minors
12/22/2014
Archive
2018
2016
- D.C. Council passes bill to end 25-year ban on surrogacy agreements 12/22/16
- After 25 Years, D.C. Moves To Undo One Of The CountryÕs Last Surrogacy Bans 12/22/16
- Norton Will Defend D.C.’s ‘Death with Dignity Act’ from Congressional Interference 12/20/16
- GLAA urges Congresswoman Norton to defend Death with Dignity Act 12/20/16
- Surrogacy bill, death certificate bill pass second reading at D.C. Council 12/20/16
- D.C. surrogacy bill passes first reading 12/7/16
- D.C. surrogacy bill passes Judiciary, heads to full Council on Dec. 6 12/4/16
- Death with Dignity Act passes first reading at DC Council 11/1/16
- GLAA writes to Jack Evans on Death with Dignity Act 10/13/16
- Health Committee sends Death with Dignity Act to full D.C. Council 10/05/16
- GLAA urges Health Committee members to support Death with Dignity Act 09/19/16
- FEMS Department Faces Heavy Criticism at D.C. Council Hearing 02/17/16
- Medical director resigns over “toxic culture” at FEMS 01/29/16
2015
- GLAA supports continuing education requirement for LGBTQ cultural competency in healthcare 10/28/15
- DOH Director Nesbitt supports cultural competency bill with changes 10/28/15
- GLAA urges Nadeau to oppose Corizon contract for inmate healthcare 04/12/15
2014
- Mayor Gray signs bill to prohibit conversion therapy for minors 12/22/14
- GLAA to Mendelson on inmate healthcare 12/15/14
(Similar letters sent to all councilmembers) - News Release: GLAA and Allies Confront Defenders of Junk Medicine 06/27/14
- TWO Slams Quack Therapist Christopher Doyle For SPLC Hit Piece In The Christian Post 02/19/13
- GLAA testifies: protect minors from dangerous, discredited conversion therapy 06/27/14
2013
- GLAA supports prohibiting conversion therapy for minors 12/16/13
- Turner slams bill to restrict cultivation centers 03/20/13
2011
- GLAA urges Medicaid protections for same-sex partners 11/01/11
- DC Appleseed releases Sixth HIV/AIDS Report Card 03/08/11
- GLAA writes Board of Nursing on cultural competency training 01/14/11
2010
- Summersgill: Repeal panic-driven HIV testing law 09/27/10
- GLAA submits comments on LGB Health Report 07/27/10
- The search for an HIV/AIDS vaccine depends on volunteers (David Mariner, Metro Weekly) 05/13/10
- GLAA supports medical marijuana bill 02/22/10
- Medical marijuana in D.C.: The council gets it right (Wayne Turner, The Washington Post) 02/21/10
- Medical marijuana bill scheduled for hearing 01/22/10
2009
- DC Appleseed releases Fifth HIV/AIDS Report Card 08/05/09
- D.C. Council eliminates earmarks for social service programs 07/31/09
- GLAA defends public funding for DC Center 07/22/09
- Summersgill: mandatory HIV testing bill “seriously flawed” 07/01/09
- Summersgill: DHR rulemaking omits DPs from other jurisdictions 05/11/09
- Summersgill testifies on HIV testing amendment 03/18/09
- HIV/AIDS excerpts from State Dept. Country Reports for 2008 03/01/09
- Community honors Chinn & Hawkins Feb. 20 02/05/09
2008
- AIDS & Public Health section of GLAA’s Agenda: 2008 07/02/08
- GLAA urges passage of Safe Marriage Amendment Act without amendments 05/29/08
- Summersgill: pre-marital blood test outdated 02/14/08
2007
- GLAA testifies on DCPS Health Standards 11/27/07
- GLAA comments on draft Health Learning Standards 08/02/07
- GLAA endorses HPV Vaccination and Reporting Act 02/09/07
2006
2005
- GLAA testifies in favor of anti-smoking legislation 09/22/05
- GLAA statement on firing of HAA Director Lydia Watts 08/16/05
- GLAA supports bill on surrogate decision-making 08/08/05
- GLAA testifies in favor of smokefree workplace legislation 06/14/05
- GLAA submits extended testimony on unique identifier amendment 06/13/05
- GLAA testifies on HIV surveillance 05/26/05
- GLAA responds to anti-gay slander aired on News 4 04/22/05
- GLAA submits testimony on HIV/AIDS Administration 03/17/05
- GLAA Hails Council Creation of Health Committee 01/04/05
2004
- GLAA urges Cropp to create Committee on Health 11/08/04
- Clinic urges Congressional conferees to allow local funding of D.C. needle exchange 09/30/04
- Medical Assistance Administration responds to GLAA 08/23/04
- Evans presses city administrator on DOH rulemaking 08/10/04
- Comments on DOH Rulemaking Ignored 08/05/04
- GLAA urges equal treatment for domestic partners in program for workers with HIV 03/17/04
2003
- D.C. Whistleblower takes HAA to court 12/11/03
- City’s double dealing on abstinence grant revealed 08/12/03
- GLAA to Chairman Frelinghuysen: Please oppose social riders to DC Appropriations bill 07/06/03
- Summersgill details negligence, unresponsiveness at HIV/AIDS Administration 05/15/03
- GLAA replies to DCBCI on abstinence-only education grants 04/30/03
- Minister urges GLAA to reconsider opposition to abstinence-only grant 04/28/03
- US Attorney for the District of Columbia:
Criminal Complaint against Michael Wayne Martin in the Washington Teachers Union case 04/02/03 - GLAA endorses efforts of DC Primary Care Association 02/24/03
- GLAA opposes abstinence-only education grant 02/17/03
- Davis responds to Simmons on HIV surveillance, racism (Metro Weekly) 02/13/03
2002
- GLAA endorses Health-Care Decisions Amendment Act 12/05/02
- GLAA urges creation of DC Council Committee on Health 12/03/02
- GLAA testifies for HIV Unique Identifier System Amendment Act 12/02/02
- ACT UP questions “Sacred Sexuality” funding from DOH 08/05/02
- Ambrose calls for hearing on HIV Unique Identifier Amendment Act 08/02/02
- GLAA slams mismanagement, lack of oversight at D.C. Dept. of Health 03/06/02
- Summersgill urges hearing on HIV unique identifier amendment act 01/28/02
2001
- RFA for STD Internet Surveillance Grant violates Mayor’s Executive Order 11/30/01
- Whitman-Walker defends needle exchange in letter to House/Senate conferees 11/12/01
- Summersgill responds to Simmons on privacy and HIV surveillance (The Washington Blade) 11/09/01
- Simmons: Political agenda blocks HIV name reporting (The Washington Blade) 10/26/01
- GLAA slams mismanagement and unresponsiveness at HIV/AIDS Administration 11/02/01
- ACT UP slams chat-room surveillance as “dubious use of taxpayer dollars” 10/29/01
- GLAA refutes the so-called racial divide on HIV privacy concerns (letter in Washington City Paper) 09/06/01
- Summersgill replies to Mendelson on HIV Surveillance 08/15/01
- GLAA dissents from HIV Surveillance Implementation Advisory Group Report 07/18/01
- Summersgill files FOIA request for HIV/AIDS Administration budgets 05/22/01
- Summersgill requests HIV/AIDS Administration budgets 05/08/01
- Rosendall to DC Council: stop the grandstanding on DC General 04/27/01
- GLAA testifies on HIV surveillance for DOH oversight hearing 02/26/01
- Mendelson warns that HIV reporting plan compromises confidentiality 01/18/01
- Graham calls HIV reporting plan “counterproductive” 01/18/01
- Mendelson Criticizes Proposed HIV Reporting Rules 01/03/01
2000
- DOH’s Ron Lewis responds to GLAA on HIV reporting 12/30/00
- ACLU defends privacy in HIV reporting 12/21/00
- GLAA criticizes proposed HIV reporting regulations 12/20/00
- Summersgill testifies in favor of Marinol reclassification 05/10/00
- GLAA defends medical marijuana, opposes felony status for possession 05/10/00
- Testimony for FY 2001 Budget Hearings on the Department of Health 03/24/00
- GLAA asks DC Council to pass Marinol reclassification bill 03/21/00
- Summersgill seeks meeting with Allen on Marinol reclassification 01/28/00
- CDC Guidelines for National HIV Case Surveillance 01/20/00
1999
- Lambda Legal Defense Issues 1999 World AIDS Day Report Card 11/29/99
GLAA and more than 100 allies get an “A” for signing joint statement opposing HIV names reporting - DC Council urges Congress to respect Initiative 59 results 09/21/99
- Official Results of Initiative 59 (DC Board of Elections and Ethics) 09/20/99
- Court Ruling hailed as a ‘Victory’ for Medical Marijuana Initiative 59 09/17/99
- Judge’s Order in DC Medical Marijuana Case 09/17/99
- Mayor Announces Decision to Implement Unique Identifier System (08/20/99)
- Howell Praises Evans’ leadership in Council’s response on HIV Names Reporting (08/03/99)
- Former HHS Secretary Sullivan Defends Needle Exchange (07/30/99)
- Former Surgeon General Koop Defends Needle Exchange (07/29/99)
- Ramsey Writes Hastert to Urge Repeal of Ban on Needle Exchange Funding (07/27/99)
- Eleven of Thirteen Councilmembers Oppose HIV Names Reporting (07/27/99)
- Howell protests one-sided HIV surveillance roundtable meeting (07/06/99)
- Howell urges Allen committee to block names reporting (04/14/99)
- Department of Health won’t budge on names reporting (04/15/99)
- GLAA testifies on FY 2000 AIDS budget (04/01/99)
- Open Letter to Public Health Officials Regarding Names-Based HIV Reporting 03/15/99
- GLAA joins AIDS experts opposing mandatory HIV names reporting (02/21/99)
- Open Letter to Public Health Officials Regarding Names-Based HIV Reporting (02/21/99)
- GLAA Calls for Council Hearing on Names Reporting Plans (01/11/99)
- ACLU Comments on CDC Draft Guidelines on National HIV Case Surveillance (01/11/99)
- Howell to Blade: AHA should adopt unique identifier system (01/01/99)
1998
- D.C. Election Winners Opposed to Names Reporting (12/23/98)
- Federal Register: CDC Draft Guidelines for HIV Case Surveillance (text version) 12/10/98
- Federal Register: CDC Draft Guidelines for HIV Case Surveillance (PDF version) 12/10/98
- GLAA joins amicus brief in Barr Amendment case (12/01/98)
- Exit Polls Show Big Win for Medical Marijuana (11/03/98)
- Medical marijuana initiative wins court battle (09/03/98)
- GLAA/Stein testimony on Agency for HIV/AIDS (06/18/98)
- San Francisco AIDS Foundation Critique of HIV Names Reporting (05/98)
- HIV Surveillance by Non-Name Based Identifier, the Maryland Experience (04/01/98)
- Name Based HIV Case Reporting Fails in New Jersey — Why Institute It in New York? (03/19/98)
- Coudriet testifies on D.C. AIDS spending (02/25/98)
- Schmid testifies on HIV/AIDS issues (02/25/98)
1997
- The Maryland Lesson: Conducting Effective HIV Surveillance with Unique Identifiers (An American Civil Liberties Union Report) (12/97)
- HIV Surveillance and Name Reporting: A Public Health Case for Protecting Civil Liberties (ACLU AIDS Project) (10/97)
- Many People Who Seek Anonymous HIV-Antibody Testing Would Avoid It Under Other Circumstances [Kegeles (1990) – abstract] (10/03/97)
- NAPWA Position Statement on HIV Surveillance (10/03/97)
- Testimony on HIV/AIDS (02/97)