Transgender People Have Been Left Behind 
Commentary by Boyce Hinman
For a long time now, I’ve had the impression that lobbyists for the LGBTI community (which includes me, of course) have not been giving a fair share of our time to lobbying for legislation that benefits the transgender community.
Recently I put that assumption to the test. I created a report listing all the LGBTI friendly bills enacted in California since 1998. The results confirmed my suspicion. Of the 62 LGBTI friendly bills enacted since 1998, more than 95 percent of them benefit lesbians, gays, and bisexuals, but barely more than 53 percent of them benefit transgender people.
Man Infected With HIV Said to Be Cured with Stem Cell Transplant
By Laudi Jaterka
Doctors who carried out a stem cell transplant on an HIV-infected man with leukaemia in 2007 say they now believe the man to have been cured of HIV infection as a result of the treatment, which introduced stem cells which happened to be resistant to HIV infection.
The man received bone marrow from a donor who had natural resistance to HIV infection; this was due to a genetic profile which led to the CCR5 co-receptor being absent from his cells. The most common variety of HIV uses CCR5 as its ‘docking station’, attaching to it in order to enter and infect CD4 cells, and people with this mutation are almost completely protected against infection.
U.S. and South Africa Sign HIV/AIDS Agreement
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and South Africa’s International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana Mashabane have signed a Partnership Framework that will guide future efforts to combat HIV/AIDS in South Africa.
The Partnership Framework under the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) provides a five-year joint strategic plan of cooperation among the Government of South Africa, the U.S. Government and other stakeholders and was signed on Dec. 14.
SVV Member Named Plaintiff In DADT Reinstatement Lawsuit
A new complaint has been filed against the United States government in federal court asking for the reinstatement of three servicemembers who were discharged under DADT, including one servicemember with ties to Sacramento.
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, a national, non-profit legal services and policy organization dedicated to ending “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT), and Morrison & Foerster LLP filed the complaint on behalf of three plaintiffs named in the complaint, including Anthony Loverde, a member of the Sacramento Valley Veterans.
Holiday Shopping - That's what we are doin'!
Well, this time of year always brings out the shopper in us, doesn’t it? And now with the fabulous tax breaks extended for two more years, we should all have lots of disposable income to play with!
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