November 2021 - Page 4

British pop star and one of the members of the group One Direction, Harry Styles, helped a fan come out.

This took place on November 3, during the singer’s concert tour Love on Tour, Wisconsin.

After seeing the poster, the Grammy winner approached the 27-year-old girl, handed her the microphone and allowed her to make her own statement; she couldn’t dare. Then he stated “Lisa she is gay. ”

After the show ended, the girl thanked Harry Styles for creating a safe environment and said he would never forget that day.

The young British star often declares his support for LGBT + people during his concert tours.

An innovative method of curing HIV / AIDS, which may change the lives of many HIV-positive people, will soon be tested on people. The FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) has endorsed the HIV / AIDS drug, which means that an innovative method that appeared a few years ago is entering a new phase and will soon be tested on humans.

The potential cure for the virus is known to the scientific community as EBT-101, and researchers at the University of Philadelphia have been working on it for years. As we read in the press release of Excision Biotherapeutics, the new method cuts many parts of an HIV-infected human genome from an EBT-101 infected human cell to prevent it from mutating in the body.

As the company’s CEO, Daniel Dornba, says, unlike the current antiretroviral treatment method, which treats millions of infected people and involves taking several pills a day during the life of an HIV-positive person, the new method will be a one time treatment. It will not happen completely, but you will no longer need to take medication every day, the level of the virus will be reduced to a minimum and an HIV-positive person will no longer be contagious.

The HIV / AIDS epidemic began in the 1980s and affects more than 36 million people today. According to the Center for Infectious Diseases, AIDS and Clinical Immunology, 346 people in Georgia have become HIV-positive in the past year, and 5,629 patients are being treated with antiretroviral methods.

Related: Photo Chronicle: The HIV / AIDS Epidemic (1981-2021)

“Now is not the time” – a phrase I often heard when I started talking to politicians about the problems of the queer community. I also asked Elene Khoshtaria the first question about the politicians who avoid talking about queer topics.

Elene Khoshtaria – “It’s time”

“I, of course, can not lecture anyone about the morale, when and what to talk about, however, this is the basis for what then oppresses these groups. I think it is wrong for any politician or public figure to refrain from making such statements due to some conjuncture.

The problem lies on the surface – the main problem is that the law does not work for the queer community. I would also like to focus on how psychologically difficult it is for community members to realize that in today’s Georgia you are inferior to others. The law does not apply to you – you are told to do whatever you want at home.

One of the greatest atrocities is how the indifference of the majority destroys these people. An example of this is how family members of the queer people react to them coming out. It is concrening to imagine how much stress members of the community have to deal with. Why I emphasize this – Someone is asking why Pride should be held or why they should go out. Behind all this lies human life, their ruined psyche, too much suffering and pain.

Solving the problems of the community requires the efforts of the central government, the police has to fulfill its duty, the government has to fulfill its duty …

Politicians taken individually can do a lot with a concrete example, I can say that I will be physically by their side and protect their rights. Politicians often avoid openly defending the community and talking about their problems, which also changes the situation. I say that there is no conjuncture and a situation when the problem of the community will not be the most priority issue for me. ”

Author: Tamar Kutateladze

This time, Queer talked to the chairman of the Human Rights Committee, Mikheil Sarjveladze, about the problems of the LGBTQ + community. He is a representative of the “Georgian Dream” and the parliamentary majority.

Mikheil Sarjveladze – “Georgian Dream”, Chairman of the Human Rights Committee

“In general, there is a complex set of problems and I can not single out only one or two problems. Open conversation on this topic has just begun, both in Georgia and globally. This means that the problems facing the LGBTQ + community cover a wide range – from the economic to the moral. I find it difficult to single out any specifics.

Queer community always has obstacles, both general and practical sense. Among them is the social direction, which requires a special approach, as well as taking into account the environment in which they have to live.

Here, too, due to the variety of problems, I do not think there is a single approach to solving things, but what is important is that more interest, more involvement, more communication will be the main tool to start working on solving these problems. For the moment, the most pressing thing I think is the need to develop approaches. Institutional development is the key from which to start talking about these problems and then find ways to solve them together.”

Author: Tamar Kutateladze