These dates represent milestones in the HIV epidemic and are part of an ongoing art project with Visual AIDS. For more, visit poz.com/aidsiseveryday.

April

8 - Broadway Bares, an annual fundraiser for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, is born when seven of Broadway’s hottest men dance nearly naked on the bar at Splash, a popular gay club in New York City. (1992) 

10 - National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day

15 - Eurovision Song Contest winner Conchita discloses her HIV status on Instagram after an ex-boyfriend threatens to go public with the information. (2018)

National Transgender HIV Testing Day

18 - National Transgender HIV Testing Day

May 

As Is playbill

1 - As Is opens on Broadway. The Tony-nominated play is one of the first to depict the effects of the AIDS epidemic. (1985)

14 - The Food and Drug Administration approves the first HIV home testing and collection kit. (1996)

National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

18 - HIV Vaccine Awareness Day

19 - National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day