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World AIDS Day

This guide links to relevant resources in honor of World AIDS Day, which is observed on December 1st each year.

Introduction

These books were chosen in Academic Year 2019-2020 by Michele Thorpe, who is an NYU undergraduate majoring in Social Science with a double concentration in Media Studies and History. As a New York native who grew up in NYC during the height of the 1980’s HIV/AIDS crisis, Thorpe absorbed the personal stories and memories of numerous family members who died of AIDS. World AIDS Day at NYU allows for space to honor the past and move HIV/AIDS education, activism, and advocacy forward by looking at women and other marginalized groups who still experience stigma and who lack policy support. Thorpe is currently applying to a Master’s program in Global Public Health, which will allow her to continue applying an anthropological lens when looking at social and behavioral factors impacting these communities.

Women and HIV/AIDS

Sexualities

Religion

Politics

Music and Musicians

History

Graphic Novel

Global Public Health

Fiction

Drama

Care and Prevention

Biography

Autobiography

Art and Artists