1 – Nkosi Johnson, a South African child born with HIV who had a powerful impact on the public perception of AIDS and was the keynote speaker at the 13th International AIDS Conference, dies of AIDS-related complications at age 12. (2001)

Nkosi Johnson

Nkosi JohnsonWikipedia

5 – HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day

HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day logo

5 – Greater Than AIDS and #endHIV launch #HIVBeats, an upbeat and informative video series that aims to educate younger audiences about advances in HIV prevention, testing and treatment. (2016)

12 – Hunter Reynolds, an artist and activist living with HIV who in his work explored gender, sexuality, HIV and AIDS, politics, mortality and rebirth, dies of cancer at age 62. (2022)

Hunter Reynolds

Hunter ReynoldsBill Wadman

17 –The Pox Lover: An Activist’s Decade in New York and Paris, a personal history of the turbulent 1990s by pioneering American AIDS journalist and lesbian activist Anne-christine d’Adesky, is released. (2017)

The Pox Lover: An Activist’s  Decade in New York and Paris

“The Pox Lover: An Activist’s Decade in New York and Paris”

27 – National HIV Testing Day

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