April
5 – Filmmaker, educator, poet and activist Marlon Riggs dies of AIDS-related complications at age 37. (1994)
![Marlon Riggs](https://cdn1.poz.com/135252_P04-23-022.jpg_7a7b0424-906a-4ccd-85ca-78c1bf612185.jpg)
Marlon RiggsWikipedia
10 – National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day
![National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day logo](https://cdn1.poz.com/135261_P04-23-024.jpg_795514ff-219d-4f45-a491-e5d9418d4eac.jpg)
18 – National Transgender HIV Testing Day
![National Transgender HIV Testing Day logo](https://cdn1.poz.com/135265_P04-23-023.jpg_adc104a1-03e7-49b1-bb0c-8a3f92c601c0.jpg)
19 – A revival of 1985’s off-Broadway drama The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer opens on Broadway. (2011)
![The Normal Heart Playbill](https://cdn1.poz.com/135262_Untitled-5.jpg_6349ceb9-05b8-4199-9945-8a3f170a3d3a.jpg)
“The Normal Heart” Playbill
May
4 – Tony Kushner’s Angels in America: Millennium Approaches opens on Broadway. (1993)
![](https://cdn1.poz.com/135257_P04-23-027.jpg_5ed25afa-4153-4267-900d-d5d201fd19de.jpg)
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18 – HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
![HIV Vaccine Awareness Day logo](https://cdn1.poz.com/135260_P04-23-025.jpg_3212a077-d11c-4d05-96b1-0f322658984d.jpg)
19 – National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
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29 – Vienna holds its first Life Ball, which becomes one of the world’s biggest annual AIDS charity events. The last Life Ball was held in 2019. (1993)
![The red ribbon covers Vienna City Hall’s facade](https://cdn1.poz.com/135259_P04-23-029.jpg_7ca78e62-fa02-4b05-a4d0-cbd583cdb17b.jpg)
The red ribbon covers Vienna City Hall’s facadeCourtesy of Life Ball/Rainer Gregor Eckharte
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