The AIDS.gov Timeline of HIV/AIDS, first posted in 2011 and updated since, is a good place to go for a look at the winding path of recognition and response to HIV. From the announcement of the “Rare Cancer Seen in 41 Homosexuals” to the formation of the first community based response of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis, and the first Congressional hearing launched by Rep. Henry Waxman, to the launching of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and U.S. National AIDS Strategy, to scientific strides across treatment and prevention fronts, it spells out the costs of inaction, the lessons gleaned, and the examples of the early and ongoing champions.