GAY CITY NEWS: Brent Nicholson Earle maintains legacy of HIV/AIDS activism for World AIDS Day

Dave Harper, executive director of the NYC AIDS Memorial, one of the march and vigil’s partners, agreed. Harper noted that World AIDS Day is a good day to remind everyone of the importance of community and that “it was the catalyst for all the change that happened within the epidemic.”

“I think more than ever, community becomes important,” said Harper. “Our community has taken care of each other for the last 40-plus years in relation to HIV/AIDS and taken care of each other for as long as we’ve had each other, especially those on the margins. I think we’ll continue to come together as a community to take care of one another.”

“No matter what happens, we still have each other,” he said.