Description
Join us on World AIDS Day as we reflect on AIDS Delaware’s history and accomplishments and recognize our founders and former directors.
What to expect:
- Food by Sylvie’s Catering
- Cocktails & Mocktails, Wine, Beer, and Softdrinks
- Full access to the Museum Galleries
- Silent Auction
- A Sunday Afternoon Tea Dance* with DJ Ski
- Featuring Cherry St Cartier and other fabulous Divas
- Cocktail attire. Dressed to impress. Black, Red, & White are always in style!
- Funds raised will support AIDS Delaware’s Mental Health Counseling Program, providing therapy to individuals, couples, and families affected by HIV.
*What’s a Tea Dance? It is a fabulous, almost-lost LGBTQ+ tradition. Before the mid-1960s, it was illegal for bars to sell alcohol to people known to be gay. Police would routinely conduct raids on establishments catering to them. To avoid this, LGBTQ people began to hold “tea dances” on Sunday afternoons at alternative venues as a way to socialize. Serving “tea” rather than alcohol made them less law-defying, and people could be home early and ready for work on Monday morning.