Dr. Bonnie Thomas, Medical Director at Howard Brown Health, provides us with a timely update about COVID-19, Influenza, and Monkeypox.

Join us for an engaging webinar where we'll explore critical aspects of healthcare and social equity. Our objectives are to illuminate the presence of inequity, inequality, and oppression within healthcare systems, dissect the distinctions between equality, equity, implicit bias, and intersectionality, and delve into the barriers hindering self-acceptance and self-awareness among clients, including addiction and historical trauma linked to systemic bias. Through powerful personal narratives, we'll empower participants to mobilize their social and spiritual networks to combat intersectionality, fostering a path towards wholeness and healing.

Although most people commonly believe that the medical data collected by their doctors is 100% private, that could not be further from the truth. All kinds of caveats and exceptions to medical privacy exist, including when data is requested by members of law enforcement. And in over two-thirds of the United States, people living with HIV can and are subjected to prosecution. It is against that backdrop that the CDC engages in molecular surveillance, the collection of certain data about EVERY person who has a positive HIV test, without their knowledge or consent. Attendees of this webinar should leave with: a better understanding of what HIV criminalization is; baseline knowledge about the history and process of molecular surveillance; wWhat concerns advocates raise regarding MHS data; and how MHS can be contextualized within the larger surveillance state. 

Transgender women of color in the South face barriers to HIV services, including stigma, discrimination, inadequate employment, housing, healthcare access, and restrictive policies. Overcoming these challenges is crucial to improving the quality of life for black transgender women at risk for and living with HIV. Learn from transgender leaders about best practices and how public health initiatives can help the community thrive.