AIDS Care Ocean State

09/18/2025

Led by the AIDS Institute, National HIV/AIDS & Aging Awareness Day (NHAAD) is observed each year on September 18 to focus on the increasing number of people who, because of major advancements in HIV treatment, are living long, full lives with HIV. The awareness day also calls attention to the unique health and social needs, as well as the challenges of HIV prevention, testing, treatment, and care among people who are aging.

This year we aim to emphasize the need for prevention, research, and data focused on the aging community and increase medical understanding of the impact of HIV on the natural aging process.

More than half of people living with diagnosed HIV in the United States and dependent areas are aged 50 and older. Some were diagnosed later in life, while others have lived with HIV for many years. Support services are available through health care providers, local community centers, or HIV service organizations like

09/16/2025

Season #28 Drag Queen Bingo returns THIS Thursday, Sept 18th

We are currently signing up Season & Monthly Sponsors for the upcoming Drag Queen Bingo Season #28

Any company, organization, group, bachelorette party, golf club, dance troop, etc. or a bunch of Drag Bingo fans can be a Season Sponsor or a Monthly Sponsor. The limits are endless!

THIS Thursday, Sept 18th is Yacht Rock Drag Queen Bingo
Doors Open at 5pm
Games Start at 7pm Sharp!
Cash Bar from 5pm - 6:45pm

With special guest Drag Queen Hostesses Viza D. Klein & Gia Devaroux who will join our spectacular Ball-Puller Jealousy Jonz, at the historic Rhodes on the Pawtuxet!

Come see why it is the most fun you can have for $25. First timer? Don't be shy, come see what all the fuss is about. Bingo regular? We love seeing you again and again!

No One Under the age of 18 is allowed inside Rhodes on the Pawtuxet on Bingo night
Plenty of parking is available.

$25 to play, cash or check only
Daubers ($2 each) and Drag Bingo T-shirts ($10) are available for purchase

Alcoholic Beverages are not permitted in the Main Ballroom due to state regulations.

Seating is first-come, first-served, but there is no bad seat in the house.

Season #28 Drag Queen Bingo Dates & Themes:

September 18th- Yacht Rock
October 16th- Nightmare on the Pawtuxet
November 20th- Let's Get Basted
*December 11th- Rebel Without a Claus
January 15th- Real Housewives of RI
February 19th- Masquerade Ball
March 19th- Easter Bonnet
April 16th- Be a Good Sport
May 21st- Fur Babies
*June 11th- Special RI Pride Edition
*2nd Thursday of the Month

Don't forget to vote for AIDS Care Ocean State and our FOUR nominations for this years Option Awards

1) Best RI Non-Profit for the 4th year in a row, winning for the past three years

2) Best Local Recurring Drag Show for our Monthly Drag Queen Bingo

3) Top Local LGBTQ Event for the 35th Anniversary Mardi Gras Gala

4) Stephen Hogan Jr., our Dir. of Dev & PR is nominated for the 2nd time as Top Local Activist.

Vote Here: https://forms.wix.com/f/7234684946760074105

Individuals can vote once per day with a valid email address. ***You can vote multiple times a day on the same day with different email addresses so please vote today and often with all your email addresses. Please share with your networks and encourage them to vote daily if they can. Voting will conclude on Wednesday, October 1st and the Annual Option Awards Ceremony will be held at Mirabar on Tuesday, October 14th.

Please help show your support of our programs and services by voting to acknowledge the events and accomplishments that ACOS has achieved over the past year so we can take home these highly sought-after and respected community awards.

09/11/2025

Season #28 Drag Queen Bingo returns NEXT Thursday, Sept 18th

We are currently signing up Season & Monthly Sponsors for the upcoming Drag Queen Bingo Season #28

Any company, organization, group, bachelorette party, golf club, dance troop, etc. or a bunch of Drag Bingo fans can be a Season Sponsor or a Monthly Sponsor. The limits are endless!

NEXT Thursday, Sept 18th is Yacht Rock Drag Queen Bingo
Doors Open at 5pm
Games Start at 7pm Sharp!
Cash Bar from 5pm - 6:45pm

With special guest Drag Queen Hostesses Viza D. Klein & Gia Devaroux who will join our spectacular Ball-Puller Jealousy Jonz, at the historic Rhodes on the Pawtuxet!

Come see why it is the most fun you can have for $25. First timer? Don't be shy, come see what all the fuss is about. Bingo regular? We love seeing you again and again!

No One Under the age of 18 is allowed inside Rhodes on the Pawtuxet on Bingo night
Plenty of parking is available.

$25 to play, cash or check only
Daubers ($2 each) and Drag Bingo T-shirts ($10) are available for purchase

Alcoholic Beverages are not permitted in the Main Ballroom due to state regulations.

Seating is first-come, first-served, but there is no bad seat in the house.

Season #28 Drag Queen Bingo Dates & Themes:

September 18th- Yacht Rock
October 16th- Nightmare on the Pawtuxet
November 20th- Let's Get Basted
*December 11th- Rebel Without a Claus
January 15th- Real Housewives of RI
February 19th- Masquerade Ball
March 19th- Easter Bonnet
April 16th- Be a Good Sport
May 21st- Fur Babies
*June 11th- Special RI Pride Edition
*2nd Thursday of the Month

Don't forget to vote for AIDS Care Ocean State and our FOUR nominations for this years Option Awards

1) Best RI Non-Profit for the 4th year in a row, winning for the past three years

2) Best Local Recurring Drag Show for our Monthly Drag Queen Bingo

3) Top Local LGBTQ Event for the 35th Anniversary Mardi Gras Gala

4) Stephen Hogan Jr., our Dir. of Dev & PR is nominated for the 2nd time as Top Local Activist.

Vote Here: https://forms.wix.com/f/7234684946760074105

Individuals can vote once per day with a valid email address. ***You can vote multiple times a day on the same day with different email addresses so please vote today and often with all your email addresses. Please share with your networks and encourage them to vote daily if they can. Voting will conclude on Wednesday, October 1st and the Annual Option Awards Ceremony will be held at Mirabar on Tuesday, October 14th.

Please help show your support of our programs and services by voting to acknowledge the events and accomplishments that ACOS has achieved over the past year so we can take home these highly sought-after and respected community awards.

09/09/2025

Today is National African Immigrant and Refugee HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis Awareness Day (NAIRHHA Day). Founded by advocates in Massachusetts, Washington, D.C., and New York. NAIRHHA Day has been observed annually on September 9th by communities, advocates, healthcare professionals, government officials, and other stakeholders since 2014.

The purpose of NAIRHHA Day is to bring national and local attention to the HIV and viral hepatitis needs of African immigrants living in the U.S. in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner. By addressing some of the unique issues that African immigrants in the U.S. face through awareness, education, and resources, NAIRHHA Day helps to eliminate the pervasive stigma surrounding HIV and hepatitis in these communities and empower individuals within these communities to take charge of their health by encouraging screenings, treatment, and hepatitis B vaccination.

09/04/2025

We are honored to announce that AIDS Care Ocean State has been nominated for FOUR Option Awards this year:

Best RI Non-Profit for the 4th year in a row, winning for the past three years

Best Local Recurring Drag Show for our Monthly Drag Queen Bingo

Top Local LGBTQ Event for the 35th Anniversary Mardi Gras Gala

Stephen Hogan Jr., our Dir. of Dev & PR is nominated for the 2nd time as Top Local Activist.

Vote Here: https://forms.wix.com/f/7234684946760074105
Individuals can vote once per day with a valid email address. ***You can vote multiple times a day on the same day with different email addresses so please vote today and often with all your email addresses. Please share with your networks and encourage them to vote daily if they can. Voting will conclude on Wednesday, October 1st and the Annual Option Awards Ceremony will be held at Mirabar on Tuesday, October 14th.

Please help show your support of our programs and services by voting to acknowledge the events and accomplishments that ACOS has achieved over the past year so we can take home these highly sought-after and respected community awards.

Vote Here:
https://forms.wix.com/f/7234684946760074105

Season #28 Drag Queen Bingo Returns Thursday, September 18, 2025

We are currently signing up Season & Monthly Sponsors for the upcoming Drag Queen Bingo Season #28

Any company, organization, group, bachelorette party, golf club, dance troop, etc. or a bunch of Drag Bingo fans can be a Season Sponsor or a Monthly Sponsor. The limits are endless!

Thursday, September 18, 2025 is Yacht Rock Drag Queen Bingo at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet, 60 Rhodes Place, Cranston, RI

Doors Open at 5pm
Games Start at 7pm Sharp!

With special guest Drag Queen Hostesses Viza D. Klein & Gia Devaroux who will join our spectacular Ball-Puller Jealousy Jonz

Come see why it is the most fun you can have for $25.

First timer? Don't be shy, come see what all the fuss is about. Bingo regular? We love seeing you again and again!

No One Under the age of 18 is allowed inside Rhodes on the Pawtuxet on Bingo night
Plenty of parking is available.

$25 to play, cash or check only
Daubers ($2 each) and Drag Bingo T-shirts ($10) are available for purchase

Cash Bar from 5pm - 6:45pm. Alcoholic Beverages are not permitted in the Main Ballroom due to state regulations

Seating is first-come, first-served, but there is no bad seat in the house.

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08/31/2025

Today is International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) which is the world’s largest annual campaign to end overdose, remember without stigma those who have died, acknowledge the grief of family & friends left behind and empower communities to .

This years theme is "One big family, driven by hope," to help us come together as one big family to take action on overdose. The overdose crisis doesn’t just shatter our families, it fractures our communities.

The losses go deeper than one person, one family or one neighborhood. They ripple out into classrooms, workplaces and the spaces we all share. They cross borders between cities, states and nations.

But in a time when people are searching for connection and safety, overdose also reminds us that our lives are deeply intertwined.

We often instinctively protect our own – our children, our parents, our siblings. We believe in second chances for our loved ones but struggle to extend that same compassion to others. But what if we saw each other as one big family, bound not just by blood, but by shared experiences, responsibility and commitment to each other?

This International Overdose Awareness Day let’s imagine a new meaning of what family can be. A family driven by hope, love and action. We are one big family – not just because we share in the pain of loss, but because we share in the power to change what comes next.

This August 31st, we move beyond awareness. We organize, we show up, and we take action. Because no one should carry this grief alone. Every story shared, every voice raised and every step we take brings us closer to a future free from overdose.

Join our family this IOAD.

08/30/2025

Today is is National Faith HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (NFHAAD). It is a day to engage faith communities to work together for HIV/AIDS education, prevention, treatment, care, and support, and to reduce and eliminate stigma and discrimination.

Reaching All HIV+ Muslims in America (RAHMA) and its partners have led the events of this awareness day across the nation, reaching thousands of people of various faiths across the United States to take a stand against stigma in their congregations to help raise awareness about HIV. RAHMA and its partners lead the planning for and RAHMA held the first NFHAAD observance in 2017.

Faith communities are encouraged to learn about the status of HIV funding in their state, nationally, and internationally, and take action to sustain and increase HIV prevention, treatment, and care services for all who require them. Faith communities fighting for freedom and fairness together can end HIV-related stigma and discrimination—one day, each year, until there is a cure!

08/20/2025

Today is Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (SHAAD) recognized annually on August 20th. Founded by the Southern AIDS CoalitionExit Disclaimer, is a day that individuals, communities, and organizations can unite to call attention to the disproportionate number of people living with HIV in the South. is an opportunity to provide people in the South with HIV testing and linkage to HIV medical care if necessary, education on HIV prevention, including ways to stop HIV stigma, and other HIV-related care resources.

This year’s theme, “Power to the People!”, is meant to be a reminder of the immense power in one’s voice, one’s history, one’s joy, one’s dollar, and one’s vote. Together, we can make a lasting impact.

08/17/2025

Today is and we are calling on our supporters across the country to unite in a powerful, visible show of support for the sector and our mission.

At a time when politically motivated attacks on nonprofits are escalating, we must raise our voices and remind the public and policymakers that nonprofits are indispensable pillars of American life.

Now is the moment to show your support and make a tax-deductible donation to support the programs and services of AIDS Care Ocean State:
https://aidscareoc.harnessgiving.org/donate/?selected-method=one-time&amount=50&campaign_id=0

Thank you for your continued support!

08/14/2025

Season #28 Drag of Queen Bingo Returns on Thursday, September 18, 2025 at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet, 60 Rhodes Place, Cranston, RI

We are currently signing up Season & Monthly Sponsors for the upcoming Drag Queen Bingo Season #28. Any company, organization, group, bachelorette party, golf club, dance troop, etc. or a bunch of Drag Bingo fans can be a Season Sponsor or a Monthly Sponsor. The limits are endless!

Please send us a DM message for more information.

Season #28 Drag Queen Bingo Dates & Themes:

September 18th- Yacht Rock
October 16th- Nightmare on the Pawtuxet
November 20th- Let's Get Basted
*December 11th- Rebel Without a Claus
January 15th- Real Housewives of RI
February 19th- Masquerade Ball
March 29th- Easter Bonnet
April 16th- Be a Good Sport
May 15th- Fur Babies
*June 11th- Special RI Pride Edition

*2nd Thursday of the Month

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07/21/2025

July 21st marks Zero HIV Stigma Day, spearheading a movement and uniting people, communities, organizations, and entire countries to raise awareness and take action against HIV stigma, which reinforces and amplifies the HIV pandemic and related inequalities. This year's theme is "Beyond Labels: Redefining HIV Narratives." While occasions such as World AIDS Day bring needed awareness to HIV in general, there has never been a global awareness day specifically to challenge the impact of stigma, which persists despite biomedical advancements in HIV prevention and care.

07/11/2025

TGIF! Tonight is the night! The summer is heating up and the Providence Eagle along with AIDS Care Ocean State are hosting the hottest Provincetown Bear Week Kick Off Party of the year, Fire Drill. TONIGHT, Friday, July 11th starting at 8pm at the Providence Eagle, 124 Snow Street, Providence, RI

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Dress up in your fireman's gear, bring your Dalmatian "pups" and get soaked at this one of a kind Provincetown, MA Bear Week Kick Off Party to benefit AIDS Care Ocean State.

The roof will be on fire with great music, hot shot bears serving signature shots, 50/50 raffle, theme related fun and more surprises. It is sure to be lit!

If you are not able to attend but still want to contribute then you can make a donation via the AIDS Care Ocean State website:
https://aidscareoc.harnessgiving.org/donate