Aidsfonds

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AIDS isn’t over yet. Millions of people around the world are living with HIV and new infections occur every day. The biggest obstacles to ending AIDS are no longer solely medical, but human: stigma, discrimination, criminalisation and political decisions that put life‑saving care out of reach. People from the lhbtiq+ community are disproportionately affected. In countries where they cannot be free, education, prevention and treatment remain inaccessible. And recent cuts in the United States further threaten the progress we have made together.

The reality is urgent: without action, inequality grows—and with it, the epidemic.

Pride is a movement inseparable from the fight against AIDS. Both are about visibility, equal rights and breaking systems that exclude people. As long as people are excluded for who they are or who they love, AIDS will persist.

But the barriers people have built—stigma, fear, inequality—can also be dismantled by people. When we work together and show solidarity across borders. During the Canal Parade we bring this hopeful story to life with the message UNITED AGAINST AIDS. On our boat we present a powerful, collective act focused on collaboration—an act where barriers vanish and space opens for hope and triumph. We show how the obstacles standing in the way of ending AIDS literally make room for something else. For connection. For strength. For colour.

Because one thing is certain: AIDS will not end on its own. But together we can win the fight.