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Neil Patrick Harris, Tituss Burgess and other gay actors star in HIV/AIDS PSA
Elizabeth Taylor appears in Public Service Announcement
GLAAD and The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation teamed up to create a celebrity-filled PSA for HIV/AIDS awareness that will air exclusively on LOGO.
Out actors Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Lane, Tituss Burgess and Daniel Franzese appear in the PSA urging others to understand that the fight against HIV/AIDS is not over.
Even though the PSA is filled with recognizable faces, the star is Elizabeth Taylor herself. Clips from Taylor’s speech at the 1992 Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert are interspersed throughout.
“HIV infection rates are up 133% in last decade among young gay men,” Joel Goldman, managing director of The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation said in a statement. “It’s troubling that one in three gay men have never had an HIV test. We must find new ways of raising awareness in order to reach this community and inform them of the tools available to prevent new infections. We are so fortunate to have the support from Logo as well as our incredible partners at GLAAD on this PSA campaign.”
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