How apropos; today on LAist it's Sex Saturday, but today also happens to be World AIDS Day. Several events took place yesterday and will happen today in order to remind the world community that HIV/AIDS remains a global threat. The LA Times reports today on President Bush's public appearance yesterday at a church in northern Maryland, and that his speeches did not propose new plans or funding, but rather focused on humanitarianism. According to the......

Generally chain letters aren't well received by those with day jobs, but we were all ears when a friend forwarded a link about something quick and easy that everybody can do to help fight AIDS. World AIDS Day was on December 1st, but LightToUnite.org is still up and running. As advertised, for every person that clicks on the site, Bristol-Myers Squibb (YAY: Helped cure Lance Armstrong; BOO: Accounting scandal) would donate a dollar to......

With visions of sugar plum fairies dancing through their heads, the -Ists began to get into that holiday mood. Well, some did. Austinist wasn't, as the NY Times dissed them and a local Tex-Mex institution sold out. Making them feel better was music, sweet music and the local theater getting name checked on "Heroes". Chicagoist tried to wrap their heads around a religious movie being banned from a Christmas themed park. To wash that......

What better way to support World AIDS Day than with this brilliant musical enticement to wear a rubber? This commercial is from France, but its appeal is universal. Especially in light of George W. Bush's recent appointment of anti-birth control nutjob Dr. Eric Kerouack to head the federal government's family planning office, it's nice to see realistic strategies for disease prevention and sexual health being promoted.......

Did you know that you don't need health insurance to get tested for AIDS and STDs in LA County? The County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health Sexually Transmitted Disease Program is complimentary to its residents. So don't wait. Go and use it. We are not AIDS experts here, but we believe in a simple idea. If everyone would get tested at least once a year, the spread of AIDS and STDs would......

Students from North Campus (Arts & Humanities) walked across campus today singing songs of hope for AIDS awareness. They warmly greeted students walking to and from class by handing out t-shirts and asking them to join in and walk. “The ‘Kiss and Tell’ theme is about re-affirming safe sexual practices and is also about everyone knowing how this is affecting others all around the world.” – Dana Helwick, coordinator for Students for International Change.......

Today is World AIDS Day, and while LAist firmly believes the world should be focused on AIDS as much as humanly possible every day, we're glad December 1st is set aside to remind us all that AIDS continues to affect us globally and locally. Here in LA there are many events taking place in honor of the day. This morning the LA County Public Health Department's Office of AIDS Programs & Policy held a......

As part of LAist's commemoration of World AIDS Day, the LAist Interview this week features Shoshanna Scholar, Executive Director of Clean Needles Now. CNN is a grassroots needle exchange organization which also provides a range of crucial services related to HIV/AIDS prevention. Unlike other types of education and outreach efforts, Shoshanna’s line of work deals with one of the more controversial aspects of harm reduction programs. Shoshanna has much to report from the trenches......

Today is World AIDS Day, and our community, along with other cities around the world, will mark this day of remembrance in a variety of ways: - The City of West Hollywood will be commemorating World AIDS Day with a candlelight vigil tonight, on Santa Monica Boulevard at Crescent Heights. After the vigil, the city will present the Paul Andrew Starke Warrior Award, which honors a volunteer or employee of agencies which provide AIDS......

If you are not planning to attend one of the World AIDS Day events listed above, or if you are and intend to follow it up with something musical, check out the concerts below. At the Troubadour, KCRW presents doe-eyed Norwegian Sondre Lerche with The Golden Republic at 8:00 PM. Tickets are $15. Hey! Social Distortion are still in town, playing with Tiger Army and The God Awfuls at The Wiltern. Doors open at......