Jack Mackenroth (third from left), out HIV-positive former contestant on “Project Runway,” was in town Dec. 1 to participate in a local World AIDS Day observance, staged at Broad Street Ministry, with collaboration by AIDS Fund and Sapphire Fund. Mackenroth gathered with Broad Street Ministry’s Andy Greenhow (from left) and Bill Golderer, AIDS Fund executive director Robb Reichert, Sapphire Fund board member Antoine Johnson and volunteer Tika von Mehhren during the event, which featured HIV testing and education services and performances by the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus and Smoke, Lilies & Jade Arts Initiative. Mackenroth, who’s been touring the country with his campaign “Living Positive by Design” to lessen the stigma of HIV/AIDS, said it was “an honor” to be in Philly for World AIDS Day. “I have been living with HIV for almost as long as World AIDS Day has been recognized, and it is inspiring to see how far we have come, but also to remember the work left to be done,” he said. Photo: Scott Drake