In four decades, AIDS has gone from a likely death sentence to a manageable condition that needn’t affect most patients’ life spans, health or pursuit of happiness.None of this progress could have happened without education and action, largely on the part of the LGBTQ community which stood tall as others lagged.In honor of World AIDS Day December 1, we’re remembering these eight moments when AIDS broke through to a new level of cultural awareness. 1.
World AIDS DayIn 1988, the World Health Organization launched World AIDS Day to raise awareness and mourn those lost to the disease.
Celebrated each year December 1, it encompasses events all around the world. (The red ribbon came three years later in 1991 and still stands as the universal.