Activists stack coffins in front of State Department to protest PEPFAR cuts (in photos)

Activists Pile 200 Coffins Outside State Department to Protest Cuts to Global AIDS Relief

Cuts to PEPFAR, the country’s emergency plan for HIV and AIDS relief, have resulted in an estimated 40,000 deaths overseas, analysis shows.

Activists stack coffins outside state department to protest deadly AIDS relief cuts

Activists have sent a clear message to the US government: people will die without the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

Activists pile 200 coffins outside State Department to protest cuts to global AIDS relief

WASHINGTON, D.C. — It took Peter Staley two weeks to build 200 full-sized coffins. The longtime AIDS activist, with a group of volunteers, fashioned them out of black styrofoam and strapped them together with tape and velcro. On Thursday morning, the volunteers stacked coffins 10 layers deep outside the State Department headquarters to protest funding cuts to the global program known as PEPFAR, or the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Rel…

Activists stack coffins in front of State Department to protest PEPFAR cuts (in photos)

Activists send message that people will die without PEPFARActivists stacked more than 200 coffins in front of the State Department Thursday to protest the devastation of global HIV-fighting programs by Donald Trump’s administration.Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter.Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced in January that the President’s Emergency Program for AIDS Relief, which provid…

Activists stack 200 coffins at U.S. state dept. to protest deadly AIDS relief cuts

The message: People will die without the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief . Pink News and The Advocate report on the latest protest against the Trump administration’s deep cuts in foreign aid, which public health officials estimate will lead to 6 million AIDS deaths if they are not reversed. By Chantelle Billson for Pink… The post Activists stack 200 coffins at U.S. state dept. to protest deadly AIDS relief cuts appeared first on Erasi…