HRC MARKS WORLD AIDS DAY: World AIDS Day is a time to recommit to the fight to end HIV and AIDS, to show support for people living with HIV and to remember those we’ve lost as a result of AIDS or related illnesses. Today, HRC is announcing a partnership with the Prevention Access Campaign (PAC) on the release of a new guide about the Undetectable = Untransmittable campaign, or U=U. U=U is a global health and human rights movement, sharing the message that people on HIV medication with an undetectable viral load cannot transmit the virus through sex -- even without condoms. Read more from HRC.

• Today, HRC is also hosting or participating in a series of events to commemorate the day. These include: National AIDS Memorial Panel Discussion: Activism that Sparks Change and Movements with HRC President Alphonso David (@AlphonsoDavid) and World AIDS Day: Mighty Real & Mighty Resilient with HRC Director of HIV & Health Equity J. Maurice McCants-Pearsall and HRC Director of Community Engagement for the Transgender Justice Initiative Tori Cooper (@MsToriCooper1).

• If you are a member of the press and you would like to RSVP to either of these events, please reach out to madeleine.roberts@hrc.org.

HRC LAUNCHES #WORKINGPOSITIVELY CAMPAIGN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH IBM, SAP AND DEUTSCHE AIDSHILFE: #WorkingPositively is a campaign that invites employers to commit to being visible role models in their support for HIV-positive employees. The campaign first launched in Germany in June 2019 and has expanded to Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and today, the United States. This campaign is a first-of-its-kind program that allows corporations to formally declare that they will work to end workplace discrimination against people living with HIV. More from HRC.

• Today, HRC is also participating in a launch event for the campaign, with a panel discussion at 11am EST with HRC Director, Workplace Equality Beck Bailey (@TheBeckBailey) and opening remarks from HRC President Alphonso David.
• If you are a member of the press and you would like to RSVP to this event, please reach out to madeleine.roberts@hrc.org.

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