Last Friday, we celebrated the end of a 22-year legislation that prevented HIV-positive people from entering the United States.
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Bonus Briefs: Gay Pumpkins, Adam Lambert, Matthew Morrison, Gay Oscars, and MoreAfterElton.comBut that plus signing the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act and ending the HIV travel ban is a decent start.
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President Obama made some of the moves this week the LGBT community has been waiting for since he took office.
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"President Obama called the 22-year ban on travel and immigration by HIV-positive individuals a decision "rooted in fear rather than fact" and announced the end of the rule-making process lifting the ban.
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Today, President Barack Obama extended and strengthened the coverage of HIV/AIDS in the United States by signing into law the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act.
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REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT SIGNING OF THE RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS
TREATMENT EXTENSION ACT OF 2009
Diplomatic Reception Room
11:58 A.
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President Obama announced an end to the HIV Travel and Immigration Ban during the signing ceremony for the vital Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act this afternoon.
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Here's the event, along with the transcript
THE PRESIDENT: We often speak about AIDS as if it's going on somewhere else.
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Two days after signing the historic Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act--the first federal law to extend protections to GLBT Americans--President Barack Obama addressed two other issues seen by gay Americans as crucial to the cause of equality.
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So when President Obama signs the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act this morning (11:50am EST), will he also fully repeal the travel ban that keeps HIV-positive foreigners from entering the country or becoming citizens? That's what's expected.
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The Advocate's Kerry Eleveld reports that President Obama is expected to announce the final end to the HIV travel ban during a signing ceremony today for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act.
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Congress approves funds for Ryan White renewal By Staff & Wire Reports Friday, October 30, 2009 The U.
Senate Passes Hate-Crimes BillWindy City TimesAlso this week, the House and Senate agreed upon and approved a final version of the HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009, enabling the program to be .
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Low-income HIV-positive Americans may soon have the continued promise of better access to health care and federal funding.
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Steve RothausMiamiHerald.comThe US House today passed the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act by a vote of 408 to 9.
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The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the Ryan White HIV/AIDS
Treatment Extension Act by a vote of 408-9, sending the bill to President Barack
Obama’s desk.
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