April
9 – Ronald Johnson of the Minority Task Force on AIDS is named as the first citywide coordinator of AIDS policy in New York City. (1992)
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10 – National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day
18 – National Transgender HIV Testing Day
27 – The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) joins the Occupy Wall Street movement to protest changes to HIV housing policies in New York City and to demand a financial speculation tax to end AIDS. The protest honored the 25th anniversary of ACT UP. (2012)
May
2 – God’s Love We Deliver celebrates the delivery of its 15 millionth meal. Founded as an AIDS service organization in 1985, the organization serves those who are too sick to shop or cook for themselves. (2014)
10 – Joan Rivers is named the winner of season 8 of The Celebrity Apprentice. She donates her $250,000 cash prize to God’s Love We Deliver. (2009)
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18 – HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
19 – National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
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