Bronx LGBT Career Fair This Thursday

The Bronx Community Pride Center in collaboration with

Bronx AIDS Services, Community Healthcare Network, The Center, Hispanic AIDS Forum, SAGE, Next Magazine, Go Magazine and the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation (BOEDC) present:

The first Bronx LGBT Career Fair

Thursday, May 26, 10am - 2pm at Hostos Community College

Companies hiring include TD Bank, JP Morgan Chase, Enterprise, AHRC, Fed Ex Office, Monroe College, the Bronx Zoo and Neighborhood and Family Health Center.

120 Walton Avenue, 2^nd Flr (at 149th St., a block West of the Grand Concourse) 149th Street/Grand Concourse Stop on the 2, 4 and 5.

Come meet with employers, learn about positions, submit your resume, ask questions!

Please email your resume to resumes@bronxpride.org in advance.

Visit the Bronx Community Pride Center online (www.bronxpride.org) for more information.

Health Conference Looks to Improve Care For Transgender Community

Freddy Molano and Catherine Abate (right) of Community
Healthcare Network, with transgender activist
Ashley Love, at last week's conference.
(Photo courtesy Community Healthcare Network)

On Friday, health care providers and transgender advocates gathered at Lincoln Hospital for a day of discussions on the specific health needs of the borough's transgender population--a group organizers say is often overlooked by the medical community at large.

The event was hosted by the nonprofit health care provider Community Healthcare Network and the Bronx Pride Center, the borough's only LGBT advocacy organization.

"Bringing together over 150 service providers and consumers has put transgender health on the health agenda for the Borough," said Bronx Pride director Dirk McCall. "We look forward to taking the next steps towards full equality for the transgender community."

Advocates say the transgender population has a unique set of health needs and faces several barriers when it comes to accessing proper care, including a lack of health insurance, using street hormones, self medicating, and significantly higher rates of HIV/AIDS infection.