We face AIDS every day in the United States and our urban communities were among the first places in the world to experience the devastation of HIV.  San Francisco was one of the first communities to do something about it.

Monday, December 1, is World AIDS Day. The folks at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation will be out in the streets on World AIDS Day to show the community that HIV/AIDS is still a devastating disease and remind everyone that thousands of people are living with HIV and AIDS.

I searched flickr for a collection of rainbow-inspired images so that AskPatty could also show our support for, and encourage awareness of, World AIDS day. If you want to see larger versions of any of the thumbnail images in this gallery, just click on the image to be taken to the enlargement on that photographer's flickr page.