The Ring-A-Ding: AIDS, Old Feys, and Gay Days

This year marks the 25th year of our planet's fight with AIDS and HIV. Frontline recently aired a marvelous program on the history of the AIDS crisis. Moving, informative and thought provoking, this special put the epidemic in perspective for those of us living in an affluent country where HIV has become manageable. Most of the world isn't as lucky. Find more information about Frontline: The Age of AIDS here.

• Clasping purple irises, calling out names and clapping to a gospel beat, San Franciscans paid tribute Thursday to the thousands of residents who have died from AIDS in the last 25 years and honored the thousands more still living with the HIV virus...Read more of this story here [ via 365gay]
• This great website is well designed and puts the tongue into tongue and cheek. Leave it to the Europeans to be able to effectively dole out sex education in a way that is witty and fun! LOVELIFE STOP AIDS [via Queerty]
• Gay seniors in California are now going to get some support from the State. What a smart move. Elderly GLBT citizens are an often overlooked demographic but one that must be looked after.
• Gay Days at Disney World swings into full action this weekend. operatorLA lived in Orlando for ten years so he knows what fun this week can be. Don't miss the parade on Main Street and bring lots of sun-tan lotion and water.
• And because we know Orlando so well, we know that these incidents at The Parliament House were probably not hate crimes. It is just a bad neighborhood, y'all. We mean a really bad neighborhood. [via towleroad]