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The multisite study will explore key issues According to Knopf, HIV infection rates concerning the requirement that these teens underscore the need to better understand obtain parental permission to participate in these issues in order to improve HIV prevention trials. recruitment and enrollment of teens at Amelia “Amy” Knopf, an assistant high risk for HIV in biomedical prevention professor of nursing, received the award, trials. which is supported by the national Knopf said the study has two goals. One Adolescent Medicine Trials Network(ATN) for is to better understand how parents of HIV/AIDS Interventions. youth who are at risk for HIV view the prospect of not being involved in the consent process. The second goal is to determine how willing the teens are to engage their parents in the consent process for enrollment in a clinical trial, Knopf said. “If they are not willing to participate in a trial if their parents’ permission is required, we want to better understand what their concerns are,” she said. “And if they are willing, we want to understand, from a research perspective, if that is a conversation we could help facilitate.” The findings will inform the design of future biomedical trials, which is especially relevant as “we get closer and closer to an HIV vaccine and other biomedical approaches that will need to be tested in adolescents before they can be used with Amelia “Amy” Knopf this high risk group,” Knopf said. outwordmagazine.com January 12, 2017 - January 26, 2017 • No. 568 Outword Magazine 3 Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation Funds CCAF apital City AIDS Fund has been awarded a grant for $5,000 of HIV+ people through higher education. The agency distributes 30,000 free from the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (ETAF) in condoms each month to establishments Cpartnership with Macy’s. The grant will be used for the where young people gather. This year, the Helen Veress Mitchell Scholarship Fund; which is a unique vehicle organization awarded 14 scholarships to to help young people attain a higher education. young people living with HIV and AIDS. Elizabeth Taylor established The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation in 1991 to support organizations delivering direct care and services to people living with HIN and AIDS, especially the most marginalized communities. Today, ETAF also provides grants for innovative HIV prevention education and advocacy programs to existing organizations around “The work that Capital City AIDS Fund Macy’s recognizes their responsibility to the the world. does to help people affected by HIV/AIDS is community and their concern for the needs With key domestic advocacy funding impressive, and very much aligned with of their neighbors. They are proud to partner focused on comprehensive sexual health Elizabeth Taylor’s passionate commitment to with ETAF and have contributed to this education and HIV criminalization reform, the cause,” said Joel Goldman, Managing grant. ETAF continues to bring the marginalized Director of The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS “Capital City AIDS Fund is honored to be to the center of attention and advocate for Foundation. “ETAF and our partners at recognized for our unique work in the their rights. Macy’s are thrilled to present Capital City community,” said Capital City AIDS Fund The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation AIDS Fund with these funds to help further President Joyce Mitchell. has granted to more than 675 our shared mission.” Capital City AIDS Fund’s mission is to organizations in 44 countries and nearly Through their Cause Marketing Program, prevent new infections and enhance the lives all 50 states in the U.S. HRC Study Finds LGBTQ Protections Under Threat pponents of equality are ramping up efforts to sanction are in the highest-rated category, “Working Toward Innovative Equality,” and have discrimination against LGBTQ people by proposing state- robust LGBTQ non-discrimination laws Olevel laws that would undermine existing protections, covering employment, housing and public erode marital rights of legally-joined same-sex couples, target accommodations, as well as protections in transgender people — including youth — and limit the ability of the areas of credit, insurance and jury selection. cities and towns to pass their own inclusive laws. Seven states, Delaware, Iowa, Maine, Honesty. That’s the findings revealed in the third and to interfere with local protections for Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey and Rhode annual Human Rights Campaign (HRC) workers, customers, and residents.” Island, are in the category “Solidifying Respect. Foundation’s State Equality Index, showing The SEI assesses statewide LGBTQ- Equality” and have non-discrimination that despite historic federal progress, related legislation and policies, good and protections and are considered high- Professionalism. anti-LGBTQ state bills seek to undermine bad, in five areas: parenting laws and performing, but have not yet adopted rights and target vulnerable populations, policies; non-discrimination laws and innovative equality measures. Courtesy. such as transgender youth policies; hate crimes laws; youth-related Six states, Hawaii, Maryland, New “State governments have a clear choice laws and policies; and health and safety Hampshire, New Mexico, Utah and between sowing the seeds of division and laws and policies. Based on that review, the Wisconsin, are in the category “Building discrimination or building an economy that SEI assigns states to one of four distinct Equality,” and have taken steps toward It’s how I treat all my customers. And you categories. can be sure I’ll always do my best to meet works for everyone by fostering fairness more robust LGBTQ equality, including Nine states, California, Colorado, your needs. and inclusion,” said HRC President Chad passing basic non-discrimination and hate Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.® Griffin, “Unfortunately, too many Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois, crimes laws. CALL ME TODAY. lawmakers have decided to target LGBTQ Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Vermont, Twenty-eight states are in the lowest- people for state-sanctioned discrimination Washington and the District of Columbia rated category “High Priority to Achieve Basic Equality,” including Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming. Stephanie Slagel CLU, Agent Most of these states have many laws Insurance Lic#: 0C34763 that undermine LGBTQ equality, from 6130 Fair Oaks Blvd, Suite E those that criminalize HIV and sodomy, to www.stephanieslagel.com measures allowing religious-based Bus: 916-485-4444 discrimination against LGBTQ people. The full report, including detailed scorecards for every state, as well as a comprehensive review of 2016 state legislation, is available online at www.hrc.