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Sarasota News Leader November 22, 2013 Page 71 The World Aids Day service is free and open show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people who have died," to the public. the release says. World AIDS Day, established GAIN is a diverse coalition of congregations in 1988, was the first global health observance, and organizations that affirms "the inherent the release notes. dignity and worth of all people," including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons, An estimated 34 million people around the world have HIV, the release says. More than the release points out. 25 million people died between 1981 and 2007 World AIDS Day is held annually in early as a result of contracting the virus, "making December; it is "an opportunity for people [AIDS] one of the most destructive pandemworldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, ics in history," the release concludes. The White House 'wears' a red ribbon in recognition of World AIDS Day in 2007. Photo by dbking via Wikimedia Commons