#AIDS History

Check out The AMP: AIDS Memorial Pathway in Seattle—and learn why there’s a huge X sculpture made of speakers! [SLIDESHOW]

On our second episode, Nobel Laureate Professor Françoise Barré-Sinoussi shares the behind-the-scenes story of how she co-discovered HIV.

These dates represent milestones in the HIV epidemic. Visit poz.com/aidsiseveryday to learn more about the history of HIV/AIDS.

“5B” tells the true story of nurses in the first AIDS ward. After the film, Billy Porter will chat with one of them.

Long before health equity was on everyone’s lips, Peterson pioneered research on systemic injustice and its impact on Black men with HIV.

Watch Ganga Stone explain the history of God’s Love We Deliver and the need to provide meals to people with AIDS. [VIDEOS]

Watch a “Today” show segment marking this AIDS milestone, plus a message from AIDS United’s Jesse Milan Jr.

A ceremony at the National AIDS Memorial also includes a short film honoring HIV long-term survivors.

This year’s #HLTSAD is Saturday, June 5, the 40th anniversary of the first AIDS cases reported in the United States.

Dr. Michael Gottlieb, who wrote the CDC report in 1981, doesn’t hold back on Rock Hudson, AmFAR, and his legacy in the history of HIV.

The “Red Hot + Free” HIV fundraising album includes Billy Porter, Sofi Tukker, Titus Burgess and a new version of “I Will Survive.”

Jonathan Van Ness of “Queer Eye” narrates the Vice TV documentary marking 40 years of the HIV epidemic. It premieres June 2.

The art—and boys—of Larry Stanton inspires a gallery show, a book of poems and a documentary. [VIDEO and SLIDESHOW]

Kelsey Louie has been the CEO of Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) in New York City for the past seven years.