Celebrating 10 Years and Looking Ahead to 2026 2025 was a milestone year for HARP-PS as we celebrated our 10th anniversary—a decade of service, advocacy, and community-building for people aging with HIV. Over these ten years, HARP-PS has grown from a single annual conference into a year-round.

Let’s cut to the chase: World AIDS Day—launched on December 1, 1988—wasn’t born from some kumbaya moment. It came from two World Health Organization public information officers, James W. Bunn and Thomas Netter, and the visionary Dr. Jonathan Mann. Their goal? Carve out a date,December 1 that’d get airtime long after U.S. elections and before holiday TV specials drown everything else out.

By Mark S. King Originally Published in POZ Magazine August 2025 My therapist, Aaron, always leans forward as he sits with his hands neatly folded, indicating openness and interest. His posture may also convey patience, because I am on the sofa across from him doing everything but getting to the topic at hand. I talk nervously about my choice of beard dye, pick at my shoelaces and tell his dog lying on a mat nearby that he is a very, very good boy. Aaron gently nudges me towa