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NEWS & LETTERS, February - March 2007Queer Notesby Elise “Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth: An epidemic of homelessness,” a recently released report by The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the National Coalition for the Homeless, found that up to 42% of homeless youth identify as LGBT, compared to only 3% to 5% of people in the U.S. who identify as LGBT. Many LGBT homeless youth were kicked out of their homes after coming out to their parents. Activists in Brazil are trying to influence the government to make new antiretroviral drugs in generic form that will cost less so that its highly effective and decade-long free AIDS treatment may continue. In 2005, AIDS deaths were cut in half by the free program. Thailand and Uganda began to provide free treatment as well. In 2001 the WTO declared that any country may make any patented drug in generic form so that the public health can be protected. |
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