January

6 – Nelson Mandela announces that his son, Makgatho, has died of AIDS-related causes. (2005)

Late South African president Nelson Mandela smiles as he poses for a portrait in London.

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18 – The U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear an appeal that challenges a lower court’s ruling permitting Alabama prisons to segregate inmates living with HIV. (2000)

U. S. Supreme Court Building

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23 – During rush hour, ACT UP members unfurl banners in Grand Central Station in New York City that read: “Money for AIDS, Not for War” and “One AIDS Death Every 8 Minutes,” as part of citywide protests known as a Day of Desperation. (1991)

February

7 – National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

14 – Terrence McNally’s Love! Valour! Compassion! opens on Broadway. The play revolves around eight gay men who gather at a farmhouse in New York for three summer weekends during the AIDS crisis. A 1997 film adaptation reunited most of the original cast. (1995)

23 – HIV Is Not a Crime Awareness Day

HIV is Not a Crime Awareness Day