Today is World AIDS Day 2011

Today is December 1st, World AIDS Day, the day that has been designated worldwide by the United Nations and other bodies to commemorate the impact of the AIDS/HIV epidemic upon the world.

Karen Ocamb at LGBPOV links to a very interesting online memorial at AIDSWATCH.org.

On this day I remember poet/spoken word artist Essex Hemphill and Randy Shilts (author of The Mayor of Castro Street and And the Band Played On) who died of complications related to AIDS and send good vibes to Black AIDS Institute executive director Phill Wilson, South Africa Supreme Court Justice Edwin Cameron, dancer/choreographer Bill T. Jones and blogger David Dust.