Homophobia

AHF: WHO’s Monkeypox Name Game is Mistimed

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Martedì, Agosto 16, 2022
Other Health, LGBTQ+, Pharmaceutical, Consumer, Infectious Diseases, Public Policy, Other Policy Issues, Clinical Trials, COVID-19, Biotechnology, FDA, Health, Public Policy, Government, Monkeypox, Public health, World Health Organization, Chickenpox, Name, Yellow fever, Facebook, Man, Homophobia, Instagram, MERS, Twitter, Education, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, PHEIC, AHF, Virus, WHO, World, AIDS, HIV, Time, Animal, Sex, Disease, Vaccine, West Nile virus

This begs the question, if actions speak louder than words, is WHOs referendum on the name monkeypox nothing more than a token gesture?

Key Points: 
  • This begs the question, if actions speak louder than words, is WHOs referendum on the name monkeypox nothing more than a token gesture?
  • We need to bring back the basics of public health - education, prevention, training, treatment, and research.
  • Homophobia has been far more damaging to public health efforts to combat monkeypox than the name scientists assigned to the virus decades agoquite logicallybecause it was first observed in monkeys.
  • WHO itself waited 10 weeks to declare monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), and even then it was deadlocked on the decision until Director-General Tedros intervened.

Global Digital Trust and Safety Market Report 2022: Content Moderation Strategies are Important Across all Online Customer Engagements

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Giovedì, Agosto 4, 2022
Digital Trust Center, Risk, Digital, 2009 Davis Cup, Fraud, Internet, Social media, E-commerce, Review, Homophobia, Failure, Feedback, Organization, Online shopping

DUBLIN, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --The "Digital Trust and Safety Growth Opportunities" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • DUBLIN, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --The "Digital Trust and Safety Growth Opportunities" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • This study explores content moderation techniques and tools and considers growth opportunities in the space.
  • The explosion of the internet and mobile devices led to the emergence of online platforms that allow users to share content for others to view.
  • However, failure to moderate online content effectively can expose a brand to the risk and impact the business's bottom line.

Digital Trust and Safety Growth Opportunities Report 2022: Explore Content Moderation Techniques and Tools - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Giovedì, Agosto 4, 2022
Social Media, Communications, Social media, Failure, Digital Trust Center, Fraud, Digital, 2009 Davis Cup, Organization, Internet, Review, Homophobia, Risk, E-commerce, Feedback, Online shopping

The "Digital Trust and Safety Growth Opportunities" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • The "Digital Trust and Safety Growth Opportunities" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • This study explores content moderation techniques and tools and considers growth opportunities in the space.
  • The explosion of the internet and mobile devices led to the emergence of online platforms that allow users to share content for others to view.
  • Protecting organizations and customers through strategic and comprehensive digital trust and safety solutions are imperative.

Clarity Clinic to Sponsor Chicago Market Days Festival

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Giovedì, Luglio 21, 2022
People, Psychiatry, GLOBE, Hotel manager, Parent, Homophobia, Parenting, Family, Suicidal ideation, Patient, Depression, Northalsted Market Days, Medicine, Pharmaceutical industry

CHICAGO, July 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Clarity Clinic is proudly sponsoring the 40th Northalsted Market Days, a weekend-long live music street festival celebrating community in Chicago's landmark Northalsted/Lakeview district.

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  • CHICAGO, July 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Clarity Clinic is proudly sponsoring the 40th Northalsted Market Days, a weekend-long live music street festival celebrating community in Chicago's landmark Northalsted/Lakeview district.
  • with festivalgoers as they celebrate in Chicago's Northalsted neighborhood - America's first recognized gay village and a Chicago LGBTQ+ historic landmark.
  • Clarity Clinic understands the challenges impacting members of the LGBTQ+ community.
  • Clarity Clinic's participation in the 40th Northalsted Market Days is an opportunity to support this community in a festive, safe, and affirming atmosphere.

Gamers band together and create The Watch to get racism out of gaming

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Lunedì, Luglio 11, 2022
People, The Watch, BIPOC, Language, Solution, Checklist, Sexism, Homophobia, Call of Duty, Xenophobia, Movement, Cod, View, Multimedia, Racism, Gamer, Video, Verbal abuse, Awareness, Twitter, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Activision Blizzard, Video game, Entertainment, Call

The Watch is a rallying cry for all gamers everywhere to be an ally, and join the movement to end racism in gaming.

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  • The Watch is a rallying cry for all gamers everywhere to be an ally, and join the movement to end racism in gaming.
  • Melanin Gamers welcomes a meeting with Activision Blizzard to discuss the longstanding racism prevalent in games like CoD and discuss how to make a much-needed change.
  • Unfortunately, problematic gamers hurl endless verbal abuse towards people of colour, like myself and my brothers," said Annabel Ashalley-Anthony, Founder of Melanin Gamers.
  • Melanin Gamers hopes to contribute to lasting change in the video game industry that reflects players from all walks of life.

Gamers band together and create The Watch to get racism out of gaming

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Lunedì, Luglio 11, 2022
People, The Watch, BIPOC, Language, Solution, Checklist, Sexism, Homophobia, Call of Duty, Xenophobia, Movement, Cod, Racism, Gamer, Video, Verbal abuse, Awareness, Twitter, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Activision Blizzard, Video game, Entertainment, Call

TORONTO, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Melanin Gamers, a community that promotes diversity and inclusion in the video game industry while providing a safe space for all gamers, announced the launch of The Watch, a digital community watch designed to eliminate racism in the gaming community.

Key Points: 
  • Melanin Gamers welcomes a meeting with Activision Blizzard to discuss the longstanding racism prevalent in games like CoD and discuss how to make a much-needed change.
  • Unfortunately, problematic gamers hurl endless verbal abuse towards people of colour, like myself and my brothers," said Annabel Ashalley-Anthony, Founder of Melanin Gamers.
  • Increase accountability for game developers and create an obligation to share tangible goals, targets, and a roadmap to combat in-game racism.
  • Melanin Gamers hopes to contribute to lasting change in the video game industry that reflects players from all walks of life.

LAWMAKERS BEHIND ANTI-LGBTQIA+ BILLS GOT A DOSE OF QUEER LOVE WITH #BURYTHEBILLS CAMPAIGN

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Lunedì, Giugno 27, 2022
Steps, Consciousness, Life, Movement, Heritage of Pride, Stonewall, Attention, Legislation, Bill, Tree, Village, Book, Advertising, Face, Partnership, Havas Creative, Homophobia, Flower, Culture, Queer, Congress, Multimedia, Penguin Random House, Online gambling, Animal, Publishing, Online shopping, Flowcode

Each "Bill Board" featured a different bill, along with a Flowcode QR code and call-to-action to all those opposing the laws to #BuryTheBills.

Key Points: 
  • Each "Bill Board" featured a different bill, along with a Flowcode QR code and call-to-action to all those opposing the laws to #BuryTheBills.
  • In addition, understanding that state lawmakers legally cannot turn off their fax machines, each action triggered faxes of unapologetic stories of queer love from popular novels to the lawmakers responsible for the bills in an effort to spread love and ultimately change their minds.
  • The #BurytheBills campaign would not have been possible without the use of Flowcode , the offline to online company building direct connections through next generation technology.
  • We do this by producing LGBTQIA+ Pride events that inspire, educate, commemorate, and celebrate our diverse community.

LGBTQ+ Youth: AHF Salutes Biden for Executive Order Protecting Rights

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Mercoledì, Giugno 22, 2022
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Biden signed the executive order in a signing ceremony in the East Room of the White House last Wednesday attended by LGBTQ+ advocates.

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  • Biden signed the executive order in a signing ceremony in the East Room of the White House last Wednesday attended by LGBTQ+ advocates.
  • According to the New York Times , Biden signed the order during Pride Month, But White House officials said the decision to issue the executive order was also motivated by the increasing number of anti-L.G.B.T.Q.
  • We salute President Biden for recognizing the importance of swiftly and effectively countering the groundswell of hateful, homophobic and transphobic legislation cropping up in state legislatures across our country and for his for signature on this important executive order, said Michael Weinstein, President of AHF.
  • To learn more about AHF, please visit our website: www.aidshealth.org , find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/aidshealth and follow us on Twitter: @aidshealthcare and Instagram: @aidshealthcare
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AHF’s ‘Disappearing’ TV Spot Implores Ohioans to Reject ‘Don’t Say Gay’

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Lunedì, Giugno 20, 2022
Advocacy Group Opinion, LGBTQ+, Advertising, Communications, Public Policy, Government, AIDS, State, Local, Consumer, Health, Public Policy, Parent, News, Fox News, Homophobia, AHF, Walt Disney, The Walt Disney Company, CNN, MSNBC, Legislation, Facebook, Multimedia, AIDS, Spectrum News, Film

The Ohio advocacy and media campaign and TV spot was prompted by HB 616, a hateful state bill modeled after Floridas notorious Dont Say Gay legislation.

Key Points: 
  • The Ohio advocacy and media campaign and TV spot was prompted by HB 616, a hateful state bill modeled after Floridas notorious Dont Say Gay legislation.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220620005502/en/
    Disappearing, a bittersweet, ethereal TV spot shows ordinary students faces slowly fading away from photos in a yearbook, a school hallway awards case and from a graduation photo to suggest their identities being erased by hateful government and school policies due to Dont Say Gay laws and policies.
  • AHFs 30-second spot is running on CNN, MSNBC, Spectrum News and FOX News in the Columbus market.
  • AHF previously ran a similar advocacy campaign and TV spots in Florida urging the Walt Disney Company to speak out and fight back against discrimination by publicly opposing Floridas Dont Say Gay bill.

35 Years since its first panels were stitched, The AIDS Memorial Quilt remains a powerful teaching tool for health action, remembrance and social justice

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Martedì, Giugno 14, 2022
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A constant each day was the continuous reading aloud of names lost to AIDS, which could be subtly heard throughout the meadow.

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  • A constant each day was the continuous reading aloud of names lost to AIDS, which could be subtly heard throughout the meadow.
  • The Quilt remains a powerful symbol of hope, remembrance and action by pulling the thread from one generation to the next for health and social justice, said John Cunningham, CEO of the National AIDS Memorial.
  • This meeting of devoted friends, lovers and activists would serve as the foundation for The NAMES Projects AIDS Memorial Quilt.
  • For more information about the Quilt, the National AIDS Memorial and see event photos, and video, please visit www.aidsmemorial.org/quilt35 .