This is the story about Steve Sjöquist - writer, HIV activist and deacon at Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset in Stockholm. Steve was diagnosed with HIV in 1987 and he was one of the first Swedish AIDS patients to get the new antiretroviral therapy in 1996. It saved his life.

XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington D.C. Brazilian musical performance Carnival Champs in Rhythm of Prevention.

XIX International AIDS Conference opening ceremony. Speeches by the Elizabeth Taylor award winners of 2012, political and religious leaders, leaders of international agencies such as UNAIDS, IAS, The Global Fund, The World Bank and UN, and many other delegates.

XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington D.C. Music performance for the rights of sex workers, by sex workers from around the world. Due to travel restrictions some of the performers are broadcasted live from India.

Opening ceremony of the Global Village at the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington D.C. in 2012. The Jamaican musical group The Ashe Company performs an educational musical called Safe Stupid or What. It is about youth, love, sex and HIV.

Opening ceremony of the Global Village at the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington D.C. in 2012. Music performances and speeches by Michel Sidibé from UNAIDS, and others. Global Village is a section with representatives from civil society and HIV organizations.

XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna. Interview with the musician Daniela Dimitrovska from Macedonia about stigma and cutaways from the Youth Peer Education Network (Y-PEER) sexual education booth.

XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna. Interview with the musician Daniela Dimitrovska from Macedonia about stigma and cutaways from the Youth Peer Education Network (Y-PEER) sexual education booth.

XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna. Interview with Jonathan Nzuki from the Kenyan youth organization U-Tena Arts and Education Society. He talks about the U-Tena dance performance group that works with HIV/AIDS awareness.

XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna. Demonstration and dance performance.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Interview with the Canadian rapper Eternia who works with the 411 Initiative for Change. She tells about how she got involved in HIV/AIDS activism and the messages which she conveys through her music.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Face of AIDS film screening, short interviews, demonstrations and music performances. The Canadian rapper Eternia performs songs about HIV/AIDS and women's rights.