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Dàzon Dixon Diallo: When does sexual and reproductive justice matter? All the time

Sexual and reproductive justice (SRJ) matters all the time for everybody. Originally created in 1994 by a small group of black women reproductive health and rights activists, reproductive justice (RJ) has becom...

Atlanta organizations host National HIV Testing Day events

Today is National HIV Testing Day — 24 hours set aside to encourage HIV testing and increase awareness of the effects this disease has in the US. “This is not the ‘80s and ‘90s where there’s this huge fundam...

Atlanta LGBT groups, allies plan community vigil at civil rights center

A diverse coalition of 25 different Atlanta-area organizations have signed onto a letter in response to the Sunday shooting at LGBT Orlando nightclub Pulse and are calling on the community to come together for ...

Atlanta at the center of HIV/AIDS news, events this month

Georgia ranks second in the U.S. in the rate of new HIV infections and Atlanta is fifth among metropolitan areas according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So perhaps it's appropriate that Atl...

CDC awards Atlanta organizations $15 million in funding for HIV prevention

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention will award roughly $15 million in funding over a five-year period to nine different Atlanta-area community based organizations to go towards HIV prevention efforts....