Biden recognizes World AIDS Day, highlights impact of HIV on LGBTQ community
metroweekly.comIn a statement recognizing World AIDS Day, President Joe Biden highlighted the HIV/AIDS epidemic’s disproportionate impact on LGBTQ people — marking a departure from the consistent erasure in the Trump administration’s annual statements.Every year since 1988, World AIDS Day has been recognized internationally on Dec.
1 as an opportunity to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS, to remember those who have lost their lives to it, and to treat those living with HIV with dignity and compassion.“This year on World AIDS Day, we are focused on addressing health inequities and inequalities and ensuring that the voices of people with HIV are at the center of our work to end the HIV epidemic globally,” Biden said in his statement, committing to helping end the.
