April

5 – Filmmaker, educator, poet and activist Marlon Riggs dies of AIDS-related complications at age 37. (1994)

Marlon Riggs

Marlon RiggsWikipedia

10 – National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day

National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day logo

18 – National Transgender HIV Testing Day

National Transgender HIV Testing Day logo

19 – A revival of 1985’s off-Broadway drama The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer opens on Broadway. (2011)

The Normal Heart Playbill

“The Normal Heart” Playbill

May

4 – Tony Kushner’s Angels in America: Millennium Approaches opens on Broadway. (1993)

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18 – HIV Vaccine Awareness Day

HIV Vaccine Awareness Day logo

19 – National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

illustration lotus flower

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29 – Vienna holds its first Life Ball, which becomes one of the world’s biggest annual AIDS charity events. The last Life Ball was held in 2019. (1993)

The red ribbon covers Vienna City Hall’s facade

The red ribbon covers Vienna City Hall’s facadeCourtesy of Life Ball/Rainer Gregor Eckharte