Michaela Jaé Rodriguez 将在第42届洛杉矶AIDS Walk获表彰（10月18日）
据 PR Newswire 消息，APLA Health 宣布，将于 10 月 18 日（周日）上午 10:30 在西好莱坞公园举行的第 42 届洛杉矶 AIDS Walk（艾滋病健走）上，向演员兼活动家 Michaela Jaé Rodriguez（代表作《Pose》《Loot》）颁发首届“Voice of Visibility”（可见之声）奖。
Rodriguez 的搭档兼倡导者、演员 Joel Kim Booster 将在健走开幕式上为她颁奖，歌手 David Archuleta 将现场表演。开幕式结束后，参与者将开始穿越西好莱坞彩虹区的两英里健走。报名已在 aidswalkla.org 开放。
该奖项表彰 Rodriguez 在提高艾滋病认知、消除污名以及为跨性别群体发声方面的贡献。她本人正是本届健走主题“Defend Care, Demand Action”（捍卫医疗、要求行动）的践行者——主题直指医药能力与实际可及性之间的鸿沟。
“医药能做到的，与真正能受益的人群之间，仍有一段残酷的距离。我们知道，检测、治疗与持续照护能救命，但最边缘的社区、尤其是黑人和拉丁裔跨性别女性，仍在承受不成比例的重担。”Rodriguez 说。
“Michaela Jaé 是社区有力的声音。”APLA Health 首席执行官 Craig E. Thompson 说，“在人们最容易移开视线的时候，正是这样的声音让艾滋病与公平议题留在公共讨论中。”
Rodriguez 曾于 2022 年凭借《Pose》成为首位获得金球奖的公开跨性别演员。洛杉矶 AIDS Walk 是全美历史最悠久的艾滋病主题步行筹款活动，由 APLA Health 主办；该机构自 1983 年起通过洛杉矶县 8 家联邦认证健康中心，每年服务超过 2.3 万人，其 Vance North Necessities of Life 项目每年发放超 100 万份餐食。（来源：PR Newswire / APLA Health；GSM 整理）
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez to Be Honored at 42nd Annual AIDS Walk Los Angeles on Oct. 18
APLA Health announced it will present its inaugural Voice of Visibility Award to actress and activist Michaela Jaé Rodriguez ("Pose," "Loot") on Sunday, October 18, at 10:30 a.m., during the 42nd annual AIDS Walk Los Angeles at West Hollywood Park, according to a PR Newswire release.
Rodriguez's co-star and advocate Joel Kim Booster will present the honor during the Walk's kick-off ceremony, which will also feature a live performance by singer-songwriter David Archuleta. After the ceremony, participants set out on a two-mile walk through West Hollywood's Rainbow District. Registration is open at aidswalkla.org.
The award recognizes Rodriguez's commitment to HIV/AIDS awareness and destigmatization and her advocacy for the transgender community. She embodies this year's Walk theme, "Defend Care, Demand Action," aimed at closing the gap between what medicine can now do and who can actually access it.
"There is still a cruel distance between what medicine can do and who actually gets to benefit from it," Rodriguez said. "We know access to testing, treatment, and consistent care saves lives, yet our most marginalized communities, especially Black and Brown trans women, continue to bear a disproportionate burden."
"Michaela Jaé is a powerful voice for the community," said Craig E. Thompson, CEO of APLA Health. "Voices like hers keep HIV and equity in the public conversation at a time when it would be easy to look away."
Rodriguez made history in 2022 as the first openly transgender actress to win a Golden Globe, for best actress in a television drama for "Pose." AIDS Walk Los Angeles, the first and oldest AIDS walk in the country, is organized by APLA Health, which has served more than 23,000 people a year since 1983 through eight Federally Qualified Health Centers across Los Angeles County; its Vance North Necessities of Life Program distributes more than one million meals annually. (Source: PR Newswire / APLA Health; compiled by GSM)
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