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Focusing HIV Prevention Efforts on Gay and Bisexual Men

Brian Bond, Deputy Director of Public Liasion, discusses the importance of National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
September 27, 2010 at 9:54 AM ET by Brian Bond

At the UN, a Hard-Fought Win for an LGBT Leader

The United States spearheads a successful effort in the United Nations to accredit the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission.
July 21, 2010 at 1:00 PM ET by Alex McPhillips

President Obama on LGBT Pride Month: Extraordinary Progress, But Hard Work Left to Do

The President honors the long struggle for LGBT equality and those who carry it on today.
June 23, 2010 at 11:29 AM ET by Jesse Lee

White House Meeting on Black Men and HIV

The White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) holds a meeting at the White House on Black Men and HIV.
June 4, 2010 at 3:50 PM ET by Gregorio Millett

Elena Kagan: "Supportive Of the Men And Women Who Are Fighting To Protect Us"

Setting the record straight on Solicitor General Elena Kagan's support for our military.
May 17, 2010 at 10:07 AM ET by Jesse Lee

Administration Funds New HIV Prevention Initiative Targeting Gay and Bisexual Men

The President's Fiscal Year 2011 Budget makes clear that HIV/AIDS remains an Administration priority with an increase of $71 million in funding for prevention and care.
February 7, 2010 at 2:45 PM ET by Greg Millett

Let’s Make National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day a Day of Action

African Americans account for nearly half of all people living with HIV in the United States. National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is a chance to get more involved in getting the word out that HIV is preventable and treatable.
February 7, 2010 at 1:27 PM ET by Adelle Simmons

Putting Washington at the Service of the Middle Class

Deputy Chief of Staff Mona Sutphen gives a run-down of some key policy points in the President's State of the Union Address.
January 27, 2010 at 10:23 PM ET by Mona Sutphen

"This Is About Whether We Value One Another"

The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act becomes law, and the President hosts a reception to celebrate a victory decades in the making and steeped in blood and pain.
October 28, 2009 at 8:23 PM ET by Jesse Lee

Day by Day, Law by Law, Mind by Changing Mind

Brian Bond of the White House Office of Public Engagement details some of the great initiatives on LGBT issues that federal agencies have been working on.
October 23, 2009 at 4:53 PM ET by Brian Bond

Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients

July 30, 2009 at 1:09 PM ET by Katherine Brandon

Celebrating LGBT Pride Month

The President and First Lady hosted the first-of-its-kind LGBT Pride Month reception at the White House yesterday.
June 30, 2009 at 10:28 AM ET by Katherine Brandon

The Anniversary of Stonewall

June 29, 2009 at 11:56 AM ET by Brian Bond

Fathers Out on the Town

June 22, 2009 at 9:29 AM ET by Trenton Arthur

"Wrongs that We Intend to Right Today"

This evening the President signed a memorandum expanding federal benefits for the same-sex partners of Foreign Service and executive branch government employees.
June 17, 2009 at 7:26 PM ET by Jesse Lee

Streaming at 1:00 on AIDS.gov: New AIDS Awareness Campaign

Today the White House teams up with Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to launch a $45 million campaign to raise awareness on AIDS, an issue the President has spoken passionately about for years.
April 7, 2009 at 11:53 AM ET by Jesse Lee