"A popular RuPaul's Drag Race star is heading to US congress for a very important reason. RuPaul's Drag Race fan favourite and season nine runner-up Peppermint will join activists in Washington DC, today and tomorrow (3-4 September) to lobby Congress against proposed cuts to HIV funding as part of the #SaveHIVFunding campaign. The campaign, which has been expanded in response to the Trump administration's escalating efforts"
""Cutting HIV programs would destabilise this infrastructure, reducing access to care for people living with chronic conditions, low-income families, and uninsured communities across the country," a press release from the campaign adds. Peppermint is currently starring in Netflix's Survival of the Thickest, and made history as the first out transgender person to originate a principal role in Head Over Heels on Broadway. Javier Muñoz, star of Broadway's Hamilton and longtime HIV advocate, will also join activists in helping to halt the funding cuts."
Peppermint will join activists in Washington DC on 3-4 September to lobby Congress against proposed cuts to HIV funding under the #SaveHIVFunding campaign. The campaign expanded in response to efforts by the Trump administration to dismantle essential HIV services and infrastructure and warns of an additional $1 billion in cuts from a House bill that could decimate care systems. Campaigners say cuts would destabilise infrastructure and reduce access for people with chronic conditions, low-income families, and uninsured communities. Javier Muñoz will also participate. Planned activities include congressional visits, meetings, coalition events, caucuses, and presentation of the interactive #CutsKill Quilt. Federal HIV programs have a 35+ year bipartisan track record, and in July the US government was made to restore millions of dollars in funding.
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