XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Interview with three pioneers in the HIV/AIDS response - Dr Mervyn Silverman, Dr Paul Volberding, and Dr Lars Olof Kallings. They talk about the history of the AIDS movement.

The Scottish singer Annie Lennox holds a speech in Spanish in connection with the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City in 2008.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Red Ribbon Award ceremony with Peter Piot and Lars Olof Kallings. Ban-Ki Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, holds a speech about stigma and discrimination of people living with HIV/AIDS.

Cutaways from a march against homophobia, stigma and discrimination in Mexico City. A woman shows a book called Homophobia written by the author Fernando del Collado. She tells about the book.

Cutaways from a demonstration against homophobia, stigma and discrimination during the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City in 2008. March and speakers.

Young AIDS activist Ricardo Baruch talks about the international collaboration of youth activists and the AIDS situation in Mexico for LBGT persons and women in rural areas and developing countries. He also reflects on the International AIDS Conference.