"World AIDS Day has been commemorated on December 1 every year since 1988. Organizations, businesses, and governments around the globe have recognized it. Both Republican and Democratic presidents have held World AIDS Day events or issued proclamations on it, including George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Trump in his first term, although he did not mention LGBTQ+ people. Last year, President Joe Biden hosted the first White House display of panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt."
"It's still permissible to "tout the work" being done to counter AIDS and other deadly diseases and to attend World AIDS Day events, the email said. But the messaging "lost nuance as it moved through government health agencies," the Times reports. "An email that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent to its country offices repeated the bans, but left out that employees could still talk about the work and the State Department's characterization of H.I.V. as a dangerous disease.""
The Trump administration directed federal employees and grant recipients not to use federal government funds to observe or publicly promote World AIDS Day, instructing staff to refrain from messaging on the commemorative day. The guidance barred promotion through social media, media engagements, speeches, or other public-facing channels while allowing attendance at events and discussion of ongoing disease work. The directive echoed through health agencies but lost nuance, with a CDC email reportedly repeating bans while omitting allowances for staff to discuss their work and H.I.V. characterization. World AIDS Day has been recognized annually since 1988 by governments and organizations worldwide.
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