
Tag: Racism within Healthcare

To Better Understand Intersectionality and Health Justice, Look to the Experiences of People Living With HIV
By: Tyler Cochran, JD
Due to incredible, cutting edge advancements in antiretroviral therapies that treat HIV, and pre-exposure prophylactics that reduce transmission rates, people living with HIV have never been so able to exercise their sexual agency, bodily autonomy, and freedom to love. With each passing day, we endeavor to move towards the visions for our collective future imagined by visionaries such as Marsha P. Johnson and her contemporaries at organizations such as ACT UP— visions of liberation for all people living with HIV, and of a world that fully values the dignity, brilliance, and worth of those living with HIV who are most marginalized by racism, transphobia and homophobia, and poverty.
Continue readingOrganization Aims to Address the Double Burden of Racism and Ableism within the Health Care System
For Immediate Release:
August 29, 2022
Contact:
Leah Smith, Project Coordinator
Organization Aims to Address the Double Burden of Racism and Ableism Within the Health Care System
Thanks to generous support from WITH Foundation, The Center for Dignity in Healthcare for People with Disabilities will expand upon its existing work by addressing racism and ableism within the U.S. healthcare system.
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