{"id":80773,"date":"2019-03-12T15:16:39","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/trumps-budget-underfunds-fight-against-hiv-and-aids-harms-lgbtq-americans\/"},"modified":"2019-03-12T15:16:39","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:16:39","slug":"trumps-budget-underfunds-fight-against-hiv-and-aids-harms-lgbtq-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/trumps-budget-underfunds-fight-against-hiv-and-aids-harms-lgbtq-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Budget Underfunds Fight Against HIV and AIDS, Harms LGBTQ Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump\u2019s Budget Underfunds Fight Against HIV and AIDS, Harms LGBTQ Americans<\/b><\/p>\n

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Trump Administration has allocated $291 million<\/a>\u00a0in campaign to end HIV transmissions by 2030<\/em><\/p>\n

FY 2020 Trump Budget now is the 96th<\/sup>\u00a0attack on LGBTQ Americans since taking office<\/em><\/p>\n

NEW YORK \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>GLAAD \u2013 the world\u2019s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization \u2013 today slammed President Donald Trump and his administration for allocating $291 million in the government\u2019s so-called fight to end HIV transmissions by 2030 in its new budget for Fiscal Year 2020. The Administration\u2019s new budget would also cut $250 million from the Global Fund, slash $1.5 billion from PEPFAR, and limit future spending on Medicaid \u2013 three components in the ongoing fight against HIV and AIDS.<\/p>\n

Compared to past administrations — the\u00a0Bush Administration<\/a>\u00a0created PEPFAR and the\u00a0Obama Administration<\/a>\u00a0helped with HIV and AIDS through research and the Affordable Care Act — the Trump Administration falls short.<\/p>\n

\u201cLGBTQ Americans were right to be skeptical about President Trump\u2019s pledge to end HIV and AIDS and today\u2019s budget revealed the truth: this administration is not serious about this fight,\u201d\u00a0said Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO at GLAAD<\/strong>. \u201cActions always speak louder than words, and the Trump Administration once again proved to people living with HIV \u2013 which includes LGBTQ Americans \u2013 that they simply cannot trust this President to do anything more than pay lip service.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since taking office, the Trump Administration has\u00a0unleashed more than 96 attacks against LGBTQ\u00a0Americans\u00a0in policy and rhetoric, which includes\u00a0firing<\/a>\u00a0the White House Presidential Advisory Council on HIV\/AIDS.\u00a0GLAAD\u2019s\u00a0Trump Accountability Project (TAP)<\/a>\u00a0has catalogued every anti-LGBTQ action by this administration, available at\u00a0www.glaad.org\/trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n

BACKGROUND: Trump Administration\u2019s Anti-LGBTQ Budget for Fiscal Year 2020<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n