While I wait for YouTube to process a little clip I have from the other night's "Honoring With Pride" by amfAR, I think y'all should take a look at this clip they created for last night's event.

I am actually impressed. It really is like a "Cliff Notes" version of the history of what I like to call the "Act Up" era --the time when AIDS and the gay rights movement collided and gave rise to organizations like ActUp!, GLAAD and indeed amfAR.

Does anybody remember the weekly candle light vigils on Washington Square Park? Do you remember the Messe Commission or the fight for needle exchange programs? Do you remember the landscape of homeless men and women covered with sarcoma in the East Village? Do you remember the shock and horror when people found out Magic Johnson had AIDS and just like that, AIDS ceased to be the "gay plague"?

I do.

It's amazing to think that AIDS has been around for almost 30 years., It's also inspiring to see that and that organizations like amfAR have expanded their focus to make their mission a global fight against AIDS.

So take a moment to watch amfAR stands for ... and witness a little bit of history.