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](https://cdn1.poz.com/90061_P04-20-039.jpg_05830f7b-a963-4acc-a7f4-d4282dc5da7f.jpeg)
18 - National Transgender HIV Testing Day
May
![As Is playbill](https://cdn1.poz.com/90063_P04-20-040.jpg_022c3a5f-f8bd-45f1-a701-030bdbc2ba3f.jpeg)
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](https://cdn1.poz.com/90062_P04-20-036.jpg_eb428d7c-63ed-49b8-b9be-0564b40797d7.jpeg)
18 - HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
19 - National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
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