Long Beach commemorates World AIDS Day with candlelight march

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It was a solemn march to the formation — to memorialize victims of HIV/AIDS.

The Long Beach Health and Human Services Department, the LGBTQ Center Long Beach and different groups observed World AIDS Day connected Wednesday evening, Dec. 1, with a candlelight march.

  • In observance of World AIDS Day, the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services and the LGBTQ Center Long Beach big an lawsuit Wednesday night, Dec. 1. After calling retired the names of those who died successful 2021 from complications owed to HIV, attendees instrumentality portion successful the yearly candlelight march down to the beach.(Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)

  • In observance of World AIDS Day, the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services and the LGBTQ Center Long Beach big an lawsuit Wednesday night, Dec. 1. After calling retired the names of those who died successful 2021 from complications owed to HIV, attendees instrumentality portion successful the yearly candlelight march down to the beach.(Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)

  • In observance of World AIDS Day, the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services and the LGBTQ Center Long Beach big an lawsuit Wednesday night, Dec. 1. After calling retired the names of those who died successful 2021 from complications owed to HIV, attendees instrumentality portion successful the yearly candlelight march down to the beach.(Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)

  • In observance of World AIDS Day, the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services and the LGBTQ Center Long Beach big an lawsuit Wednesday night, Dec. 1. After calling retired the names of those who died successful 2021 from complications owed to HIV, attendees instrumentality portion successful the yearly candlelight march down to the beach.(Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)

  • In observance of World AIDS Day, the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services and the LGBTQ Center Long Beach big an lawsuit Wednesday night, Dec. 1. After calling retired the names of those who died successful 2021 from complications owed to HIV, attendees instrumentality portion successful the yearly candlelight march down to the beach.(Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)

  • Chuck Anderson of Long Beach was astatine Long Beach???s archetypal Aids Day successful 1988. In observance of World AIDS Day, the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services and the LGBTQ Center Long Beach big an lawsuit Wednesday night, Dec. 1. After calling retired the names of those who died successful 2021 from complications owed to HIV, attendees instrumentality portion successful the yearly candlelight march down to the beach.(Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)

The assemblage called retired the names of those who died this twelvemonth from complications related to AIDS, the autoimmune syndrome caused by HIV.

After that, participants walked down to the beach, portion holding candles, to further memorialize those who died.

World AIDS Day was founded successful 1988 to bring consciousness to the HIV epidemic astir the world.

As of past year, determination were 37.7 cardinal radical worldwide surviving with HIV, according to UNAIDS.

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