World AIDS Day

Commemorating World AIDS Day is more important this year than ever because for the first time since its inception the US administration is refusing to acknowledge it. That does not stop us from gathering, sharing, remembering, mourning, and pledging to continue the fight to get to zero.

First, I want to invite you to share the names of loved ones in the comment section. Feel free to also comment with words of encouragement. We have come a long way, but there is still a long way to go.

I'm also going to personally remember by watching a movie later today. And the Band Played On is a 1993 American television film docudrama based on the best-selling 1987 non-fiction book of the same name by Randy Shilts.  For those too young to remember, it gives a good history of the early days of HIV/AIDS.  I think it is important to remember where we have been in order to get to where we need to go.

I participate in AIDS Walk every year, because it is still important.  We cannot forget.  World AIDS Day is important.  Just because our government isn't supporting it this year, doesn't make it unimportant.  Let us always remember and always continue working for the day when AIDS is only a mention in the history books.