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![1. Transgender women have the highest HIV rates in the country.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1000 750'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![2. The majority of people living with HIV in the U.S. are gay and bi men.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1000 750'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![We’re failing the transgender HIV epidemic — thanks in part to transphobic policies pushed by Trump.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1000 750'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![4. Half of black gay and bi men in the U.S. will test HIV-positive in their lifetime.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1000 750'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![5. Across all racial groups, African-Americans are hit hardest with HIV.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1000 750'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![6. 1 in 6 gay and bisexual men with HIV are unaware they are positive. Erasure will worsen that number.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1000 750'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![7. AIDS wiped out an entire generation of queer artists — an incalculable tragedy for all LGBT Americans.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1000 750'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![8. Trump’s erasure echoes Ronald Reagan’s complicity in the deaths of thousands of people from AIDS.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1000 750'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![9. Trump’s conservative base in red states boasts the nation’s highest HIV rates.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1000 750'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![10. In 2013, one third of Hispanics/Latinos diagnosed with HIV lived in the South.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1000 750'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![11. Anti-LGBT attitudes in the GOP are worsening the HIV/AIDS epidemic.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1000 750'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![12. Trump’s white nationalism is worsening the epidemic for black Americans — the population hit hardest.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1000 750'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![13. The wife of Trump’s ex-health secretary wants to “quarantine” people with HIV.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1000 750'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![14. The anti-science GOP is worsening HIV/AIDS in America.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1000 750'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![15. Trump’s ongoing crusade against undocumented Latino and Hispanic Americans is killing them.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1000 750'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![16. Trump’s vow to repeal Obamacare will worsen the AIDS epidemic.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1000 750'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![17. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is one of the most valuable tools we have to end AIDS.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1000 750'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![18. Treatment as prevention is another — leading the CDC to agree this year that Undetectable=Untransmissable.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1000 750'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![19. Abstinence programs don’t work in cutting down pregnancy (or HIV) — yet Trump has funded them and slashed sex education.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1000 750'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![20. Young people are at risk for HIV.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1000 750'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
![21. Those who use needles are at risk for HIV — as Vice President Mike Pence knows well.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1000 750'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
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What Trump Left Out on World AIDS Day
On the eve of World AIDS Day 2017, the White House issued a “proclamation” decreeing that December 1 is, unequivocally and under Donald J. Trump’s authority, World AIDS Day.
By the end of the proclamation, our “president” has done the unthinkable. He has written (or approved) seven paragraphs about the HIV/AIDS epidemic, remembering “those who have died and those who are suffering” and celebrating the decrease in HIV infections from 2008 to 2014 for “saving an estimated $14.9 billion in lifetime medical costs,” all without once mentioning LGBT people.
He did so without mentioning the countless gay deaths, the countless deaths of trans women of color, and the countless communities his administration targets that are at greater risk of infection since he stepped in the Oval Office.
Since silence still equals death, let's remedy this situation. Here are 21 truths Trump erased on World AIDS Day.