"I'm here for every trans person that's been kicked out of our military and every person living with HIV that's denied their PrEP medication. I'm here for our community tonight because I've got to remind this country that lesbian, gay, bi, trans, and queer people, we've always been here and we are not going anywhere. This is our country too."
"There's nothing ordinary about them cutting billions of dollars from HIV prevention and throwing it into building more ICE detention facilities. We need health care. We need food. We don't need mass incarceration. And there's certainly nothing ordinary about this government murdering United States citizens."
"The funding cuts will disproportionately impact Black Americans, who are the demographic at the highest risk of contracting HIV, yet have the worst access to care."
Kelley Robinson, the first Black queer executive director of the Human Rights Campaign, spoke at the People's State of the Union to criticize Trump administration cuts to HIV funding. She advocated for transgender military members and people denied PrEP medication, emphasizing that LGBTQ+ people are integral to the country. Robinson highlighted a $258 million reduction to the Department of Health and Human Services that eliminated HIV vaccine research and federal prevention programs. These cuts disproportionately affect Black Americans, who face the highest HIV risk yet poorest access to care. International prevention funding cuts could result in over 3.3 million new infections within five years.
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