17/05/2026
๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐น๐โsome remind ๐ us that dignity should never depend on identity or perception. Tonight, at the ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐, we honor lives shaped not only by illness ๐ฉน but also by stigma and discrimination. ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐จ ๐ฃ๏ธ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ช๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ๐๐จ ๐จ๐๐๐ฃ, ๐ซ๐๐ก๐ช๐๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ช๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ.
May these lights become a ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ to turn ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ into ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. As each candle ๐ฏ๏ธflickers, may we choose compassion over stigma, and stand in solidarity with those affected by HIV/AIDSโ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐จ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐, ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด. โค๏ธโ๐ฉน