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today!

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May 17th

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Our 2014 Freedom of Expression Campaign: See here for hi-res version. And join our thunderclap to remind global readers that LGBT free expression is a basic right.

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If you want to learn more or tell your friends about the International Day against Homophobia & Transphobia, download the 2014 brochure here.

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Wondering if you could use an STD test? April is Get Yourself Tested month for Planned Parenthood, MTV, and the Kaiser Family Foundation. Use GYT as an opportunity to get yourself test, talk to your friends, family, and partners about sexual health, and encourage others to do the same. Visit gytnow.org for more information or to find testing centers near you.

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Updated list of books by black trans women:

Sharon Davis, A Finer Specimen Of Womanhood (1986) [Out of print]

The Lady Chablis, Hiding My Candy (1997) [Author interview]

Toni Newman, I, Rise (2011) [Author interview]

Ceyenne Doroshow, Cooking in Heels (2012) [Author interview]

Dane Figueroa Edidi, Yemaya’s Daughters (2013) [Author interview]

A. E. “Toni” D’orsay, Introduction to Transness (2013) [Partial text: 1 and 2]

Janet Mock, Redefining Realness (2014)

Tenika Watson and Jennifer Daelyn, My Life is No Accident: A memoir by Tenika Watson (2014) [Author interview]

Dominique Jackson, The Transsexual from Tobago (2014) [Author interview]

Garland Guidry, Memoirs of a GayShe (2014)

Dane Figueroa Edidi, Brew: A Novel (2015) [Available for pre-order as of Feb. 2015]

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Buy these books. Comment on them. Create more demand to support black trans artists and writers.

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But really. Buy these books.

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As we come to the end of Bisexual Health Awareness Month, we want to thank our partners and volunteers who made this year’s campaign a big success, as well as participants from all around the world who got involved to raise awareness about mental health disparities in the bi community.

The ‪#‎BiHealthMonth‬ website contains many of our campaign’s mental health resources, infographics, and links, so it’s not too late to check it out and spread the word! The website will also be updated throughout the year, so stay tuned for more on bi health issues from the Bisexual Resource Center.

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Bisexual Health Awareness Month

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February 7, 2013 is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Black men who have sex with men (MSM) are among the hardest hit by HIV/AIDS but receive disproportionately little targeted funding and prevention and care services. Learn more here.

You can also help raise awareness by sharing these infographics on Facebook.

Download/share a high-res PDF of this infographic here

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HPV is the most common STD. Do you know there’s a vaccine to protect you from HPV?

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Cervical Cancer Awareness Month (January)

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Cervical Cancer Awareness Month (January)

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In honor of Cervical Cancer Awareness Month (January), we’re re-posting our Fact or Fiction on pap smears for the viewing pleasure of any who missed it the first time around (or who just want to relive fond memories;).

We also have a Provider Perspective article on the causes, treatment, and prevention of HPV, which is the most common cause of cervical cancer. If after reading you think it’s time for a visit to a health provider, you can use our clinic finder to get information on nearby clinics, or the list of free and low cost pap test locations in the U.S. on The National Cervical Cancer Coalition’s website.

The good news is that the latest guidelines on pap smears say most women only need to get one every 3 years (instead of annually). But if you haven’t had one in a while, or if you haven’t had the HPV vaccine, you know what they say… No time like the present, a.k.a. January.

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Cervical Cancer Awareness Month (January)

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This needs to get spread a good bit more. 

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Today, December 1st, is World AIDS Day. There are so many ways you can show support for AIDS research but you can start by simply wearing red today and visit WorldAIDSDay.org for more information.

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The World Health Organization established World AIDS Day in 1988. World AIDS Campaign is the leading international organization which plans and implements the observance.

The White House will host a December 1 event at noon to recognize the observance day. Watch the livestream here at noon til 2:00 p.m.

See how individuals and communities are participating in the Facing AIDS photo campaign.

Follow the AIDS.gov blog for news about World AIDS Day.

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Check out this app -- HIV Testing Sites & Care Services Locator

(By U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

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http://www.un.org/en/events/endviolenceday/

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Have a safe Thanksgiving break!

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Say their names. Honor their lives. Remember how much work there is to be done.

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Check out this report from the Human Rights Campaign and Trans People of Color Coalition on the epidemic of violence against trans people, especially trans women of color.