AHF Billboards Commemorate Elizabeth Taylor, Champion for People Living with HIV/AIDS

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This week, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization, launched a public tribute to Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor with a number of billboards around Los Angeles commemorating her contribution to the AIDS fight. The much-loved actress and AIDS activist, who passed away on March 23rd ". She did it before it was fashionable," said Michael Weinstein, President of AIDS Healthcare Foundation.

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AHF Billboards Commemorate Elizabeth Taylor, Champion for People Living with HIV/AIDS

Press Release Source: AIDS Healthcare Foundation On Friday April 1, 2011, 12:00 pm EDT
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- This week, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization, launched a public tribute to Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor with a number of billboards around Los Angeles commemorating her contribution to the AIDS fight. The much-loved actress and AIDS activist passed away on March 23rd of complications from congestive heart failure at the age of 79. The billboards feature a dazzling image of the late actress with a red AIDS ribbon pinned to her gown. It says simply: “Our champion, Elizabeth Taylor.”

“She was a singular champion for AIDS activism. She did it before it was fashionable,” said Michael Weinstein, President of AIDS Healthcare Foundation. “She spoke truth to power on a variety of issues, including chiding President Reagan for not saying the word AIDS and not funding work on AIDS. Her organization had no overhead, and it helped fund AHF and other organizations in Los Angeles. For her to say something and show her compassion changed the game."

Added Weinstein: “The billboards are a tribute to someone who was more than a film star—she was a real hero and one who truly deserves all the accolades she is receiving. The ads are also reminder that, though Ms. Taylor bravely stood up for people living with HIV/AIDS at an important moment in history, the AIDS epidemic is still not over and there remains much work to be done.”

The handful of billboards, now appearing in Los Angeles, are part of AHF’s ongoing public awareness campaign—in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area and South Florida—surrounding HIV/AIDS issues, including the need for testing, treatment access and advocacy.

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