Day: May 15, 2015

May 15
AIDS Candlelight Memorials to be Held Across New Zealand This Sunday

The Annual International AIDS Candlelight Memorial will take place at venues throughout New Zealand on Sunday 17th May. The International AIDS Candlelight Memorial now in its 32nd year, is one of the world’s oldest and largest grassroots mobilisation campaigns for HIV awareness in the world. Started in 1983, the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial takes place […]

May 15
GLBT Veterans in United States Get First Federally Approved Monument

A monument celebrating the contribution of  GLBT veterans in the United States will be unveiled in a national cemetery near Chicago on Memorial Day. The Guardian reports that the monument is a  black granite slab flanked by two blocks of pale granite, that will feature the five seals of the military’s main branches – the army, […]