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4 – Bob Hattoy, an AIDS activist and former aide to President Bill Clinton who spoke at the 1992 Democratic National Convention, dies of AIDS-related complications. (2007)

8 – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launches “Take Charge. Take the Test,” a testing and awareness campaign focused on Black women. (2012)

Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

10 – National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

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BroadwayBears.com

18 – Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS holds its final edition of The Broadway Bears, an auction of one-of-a-kind teddy bears costumed as characters from Broadway’s biggest hits. (2012)

Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis  Story

“Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story”

19 – Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story, based on the Olympic diver’s best-selling book and starring Mario Lopez, airs on television. (1997)

National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day logo

20 – National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

24 – The HIV Justice Worldwide coalition, which campaigns to end HIV criminalization around the world, launches in Brighton, England. (2016)

25 – Surgeons at Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore perform the first living donor HIV-to-HIV kidney transplant in the United States. (2019)