US will no longer commemorate World Aids Day, reports say

The Guardian ^ | 27 Nov 2025 | Lucy Campbell

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For the first time since 1988, the US government will no longer commemorate World Aids Day, according to reports.

The state department has directed its employees and grant recipients not to use US government funds to mark the event – which falls annually on 1 December – and not to promote the day publicly. The news was first reported by the journalist Emily Bass and confirmed in an email viewed by the New York Times.

Employees and grantees could still “tout the work” on Aids being done through various programs “to counter this dangerous disease and other infectious diseases around the world”, the email reportedly said. They may also attend events related to the commemoration.

But they should “refrain from publicly promoting World Aids Day through any communication channels, including social media, media engagements, speeches or other public-facing messaging”.

[DannyTN]

What about celebrating gonorrhea day?

[Albion Wilde]

They already have a month

[Salman]

You're still free to celebrate it of course (minus public funding). { snicker }

[cgbg]

I kept looking down that list for healthy straight white male day or week or month.

No dice.

[Rummyfan]

World AIDS Day? Why is there one?

[Rummyfan]

LOL!

[NurdlyPeon]

Today is National Eat A Red Apple Day. Go with that one instead. https://nationaltoday.com/eat-red-apple-day/

[lightman]

WINNING!

I voted for this!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I’m sure my Apple Calendar app will alert me to all those wonderful days.

[Organic Panic]

I remember the glee from the homos when that poor boy, Ruan White, was given AIDS from infected homo blood. There was genuine glee since it had been a disease for gays and junkies.

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I remember the glee from the homos when that poor boy, Ruan White, was given AIDS from infected homo blood. There was genuine glee since it had been a disease for gays and junkies.

Oh, yes. Ryan was made the highly-publicized poster child on how "AIDS is everyone's problem," the new multi-media campaign we saw several times a day. The inhabitants of Sodom now felt more "normalized" because normal people could get it. But they didn't expect us to dig deeper and learn that it was from an infected blood donation from a fag.

If you really look at the numbers, AIDS is almost entirely a "gay"-centric disease. Anyone else who contracts it is only one or two degrees at most removed from a homosexual act.

They readily admit it, with clever disguises. Every single AIDS organization, website or campaign is a thinly veiled gay organization. For good reason.

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This is OUR “Day of Silence.” Fair’s fair.

[NorthMountain]

this (for the most part) now manageable disease.

"Now manageable" ... always avoidable.