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Jane Lynch on the Importance of the AIDS Monument

Actress Jane Lynch discusses The AIDS Monument's relevance in celebrating the traces left by the people we lost to the AIDS epidemic.

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Diane Abbitt: From the very beginning, I did think that this was something awful

AIDS activists fight to save populations marginalized by society.

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Conversation with AIDS Memorial Leaders

An event commemorating lives lost and acts of courage.

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2023 World AIDS Day Commemoration

The Foundation for The AIDS Monument partnered with APLA Health to co-host a World AIDS Day commemoration in West Hollywood Park. The event, which was co-sponsored by the City of West Hollywood, included a reception, candlelight procession and free screening of the AIDS documentary "Commitment to Life." Funding for this event was also provided by a generous grant from Gilead Sciences.

Watch a 3-minute video of the event highlights.

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West Hollywood in the Early Years

West Hollywood was among the U.S. communities hit especially hard.

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Activism

LGBT community launches HIV/AIDS response when others wouldn't.

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John Duran: If we can do that, we can do anything

The emergence of ACT UP generated strength in time of hopelessness.

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Maria Roman: The programming for Trans People

Trans community fight for own survival as HIV/AIDS crisis persists.

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Stephen Simon: People were dying so fast that their attorneys couldn’t finish their wills

Activism came in many forms during height of HIV/AIDS epidemic.

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Hollywood and HIV/AIDS

The impact of HIV and AIDS on the Hollywood community and the ways in which the media and entertainment industry responded transformed how the public viewed the disease.

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2024 World AIDS Day Commemoration (2)

The Foundation for The AIDS Monument commemorated World AIDS Day with a panel discussion titled The AIDS Community Then and Now: An Inter-Generational Dialog. The event was held on December 1, 2024 on the Respite Deck of the Aquatics & Recreation Center in West Hollywood Park, a venue that overlooks the future site of STORIES: The AIDS Monument.

Watch a 53-minute video of the event featuring an inter-generational panel of HIV/AIDS activists and awareness advocates (Roland Palencia, Peter Cashman, Raif Derrazi, and Michael Fields) discussing how living, caregiving and advocacy in the Los Angeles area during the height of the AIDS epidemic helped those with HIV/AIDS feel a sense of community, and how that community is created or is lacking in today’s social media-dominated culture.

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2024 World AIDS Day Commemoration (1)

The Foundation for The AIDS Monument commemorated World AIDS Day with a panel discussion titled "The AIDS Community Then and Now: An Inter-Generational Dialog." The event was held on December 1, 2024 on the Respite Deck of the Aquatics & Recreation Center in West Hollywood Park, a venue that overlooks the future site of STORIES: The AIDS Monument. Watch an eight-minute video of the event highlights.

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