January
6 – HIV/AIDS activist Jeff Sheehy is named to San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors representing District 8, making him the first person living with HIV to serve as a supervisor. (2017)
Jeff SheehyWikimedia
PLUS – AIDS Is Everyday launches on POZ.com. (2017)
23 – Project Inform founder and longtime AIDS activist Martin Delaney dies of liver cancer at age 63. (2009)
31 – Angelina Jolie stars in the television film Gia, about the life of supermodel Gia Carangi, who died of AIDS-related causes at age 26. (1998)
Angelina JolieWikimedia
February
7 – National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
13 – The HIV Justice Network issues the Oslo Declaration on HIV Criminalisation. The declaration provides a clear road map to ending inappropriate criminal prosecutions for HIV nondisclosure, potential exposure and unintentional transmission. (2012)
17 – An HIV-themed episode of The Golden Girls titled “72 Hours” debuts on NBC. The episode centers on how Rose and her roomates deal with waiting for her HIV test results after a possible exposure to HIV through a blood transfusion. (1990)
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