Everyone at Numedxand, indeed, the millions of AIDS-impacted persons on the planetcelebrate and honor the life of that early and courageous AIDS activist we knew as Diana, Princess of Wales. Diana's unflinching conviction that people with AIDS deserved compassion, deserved humanity and, mostly, deserved to be touched, helped to educate a still ignorant and frightened world.

In the midst of this cruel and exhausting war for survival, AIDS-impacted people everywhere have a responsibility to carry out Princess Diana's powerful legacy.

We lost more than a princess in that dark tunnel in Paris.

We lost our loyal friend.