As the current US Administration  REFUSES TO PUBLISH ACTUAL FACTS, here are a few we thought we would share with you.

U.S. will no longer commemorate World AIDS Day for the first time since 1988. This is an international day for raising awareness about HIV/AIDS, remembering those who have died from it, and celebrating progress in prevention, treatment, and care. Two World Health Organization (WHO) public information officers started World AIDS Day in 1988 as a way to raise awareness about the global health challenge.  

The US State Department usually issues an annual PEPFAR report on World AIDS Day, but we are not holding our breath this year.

This is all hot on the heels of the news that the Orange Man’s administration has drastically cut federal funding for HIV prevention worldwide. An estimated 127,073 adult and 13,527 infant deaths have been caused by the effects of HIV/AIDS due to the current president’s cuts in funding for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a program that has saved an estimated 25 to 26 million lives since its inception in 2003.

So up until WORLDS AIDS DAY on December 1st  Queerguru will keep sharing some fab EVENTS around the Globe.  Like in California, this year will be the first time that Governor Gavin Newsom will officially proclaim December 1 as World AIDS Day. It’s the result of a bill authored by gay state Senator John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) that was passed in 2024 and signed by Newsom.  In SF at the AIDS grove in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. KGO-TV’s Dan Ashley will headline the 37th annual World AIDS Day observance, which will start at 11:30 a.m.  The stunning grove is probably the most perfect,  serene and calming AIDS memorial we have ever experienced 

The San Francisco AIDS Foundation will host a Latino and Indigenous ceremony at the grove from 2:30 to 4:40 p.m. the same day. It will feature cultural music, Aztec dancing, shared food, an altar of offerings, and blessings

Jorge Zepeda, lead director of community programs at the foundation, stated that the event “is offered in honor of all the community members who have died of HIV and AIDS, not only in San Francisco but around the world. This event is a beautiful celebration of life and respect through dance, music, and food. It is a remembrance infused with love and passion to pay respect to those who fought invisibility and for those who continue fighting to end the HIV epidemic.

Those events will come the day after the Light in the Grove annual benefit gala Sunday, November 30, at 6 p.m.  The Gala will include a candlelight reflection, hors d’oeuvres, dinner, sweets, beverage stations, live music and DJs, and a “stunning nighttime display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, curated to evoke touching moments of love, community, action, and resilience,

The “Light in the Grove  Gala is a magical evening celebration of hope, community, and remembrance at the Grove in Golden Gate Park and will celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Grove, and tickets are available on Eventbrite starting at $300 .