Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1996. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.
Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1996. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.
Reuters NewMedia, Inc. - Sunday, 1 December 1996, 11:27 P.M.
In a statement to mark World AIDS Day, the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund said Defense Secretary William Perry would have received its highest grade for opposing a proposal to discharge HIV-positive service members, but was given an "incomplete" instead, "for his support of the military's ban on lesbian and gay service members..."
Lambda, the nation's oldest and largest lesbian and gay legal defense organization, gave "A" grades to California Congresswoman Linda Sanchez for defeating right-wing Rep. Bob Dornan in the November election; to the New York State Court of Appeals for a ruling that gave HIV-positive people access to basic medical care and to the People With AIDS Health Group for providing high quality information and alternative treatment suggestions.
The group said it flunked Shalala because of her refusal to endorse needle-exchange programs, her failure to lift federal restrictions on HIV positive health care workers, and her failure to ensure sufficent reimbursement rates in Medicaid programs switching to managed care systems.
It said it failed Pataki for his proposed welfare plan because it would eliminate some housing assistance for people with the AIDS virus, would reduce then eliminate assistance to HIV-positive recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children and end assistance to those who test positive for drugs.
"History will judge those who have failed to help those living with AIDS and HIV," Lambda head Kevin Cathcart said in the statement. "But the epidemic cannot wait, so with this AIDS report card we are judging them now."
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