Beginning Sunday, Dec. 1, officially recognized as World AIDS Day, celebrations are being held as part of a global movement to recognize the more than 35 million people who have died from AIDS-rela…
Pieces of the AIDS memorial quilt are displayed during the Keep the Promise on HIV/AIDS rally on the National Mall near the Washington Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, July 22, 2012. According to organizers, thousands of people were expected to attend the rally and march as part of the 19th International AIDS Conference opening on Sunday evening. Rep.
Foley, who’s hosting a series of events with the Billy DeFrank LGBTQ+ Community Center and Silicon Valley Pride, invited the community to participate in the community event series. In addition to Sunday’s activities, a flag raising ceremony will be held at noon on Tuesday, Dec. 3. Sunday services at Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco also included acknowledgements of the HIV/AIDS pandemic’s impact, the GLBT Historical Society debuted a new photo exhibition called “Focus on Living: Portraits of Americans with HIV and AIDS” and California state Sen. Scott Wiener and President Joe Biden released statements.
PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, is medicine people at risk for HIV take to prevent getting HIV from sex or injection drug use. PrEP can stop HIV from taking hold and spreading throughout the body. It reduces the risk of getting HIV from sex by about 99% when taken as prescribed, according to the HIV.gov website.
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