World AIDS Day 2025

This World AIDS Day in the United States is a stark reminder that while we have made huge strides in prevention and treatment, we must remain vigilant in the fight against HIV and AIDS.

The Trump administration has decreed the federal government will not recognize annual World AIDS Day for the first time since 1988. This silence equals violence and is paired with plenty more of it.

One example is MAGA’s “Big Beautiful Bill” signed into law this summer that cuts $1 trillion from Medicaid. As a result, an estimated 200,000 people living with HIV will lose healthcare coverage. And per AIDS United, “Today, more than 40% of adults with HIV rely on Medicaid to cover their healthcare. And in states that have adopted Medicaid expansion, more than half of adults with HIV have gotten coverage that way. Medicaid is critical to keeping rural hospitals open and is the backbone of our entire healthcare system. Medicaid cuts of this magnitude will simply decimate our nation’s ability to end the HIV epidemic, resulting in more AIDS-related deaths and more HIV transmission.”

Today and every day we remember and cherish everyone who has died from HIV-related causes- 700,000 in the United States and 44,000,000 worldwide.

We honor the labor and dedication of all of the activists who have fought so hard for research, treatment, prevention, and a cure, and battled discrimination and stigma.

We recommit ourselves to carrying on the work of the HIV/AIDS activists who have come before us and pledge to ACT UP! FIGHT BACK! FIGHT AIDS!