Soap Opera Stars Come Out for AIDS Awareness

In an effort to raise money and awareness for AIDS Walk Los Angeles the Love Out Loud at The Abbey in West Hollywood will take place on October 18 from 5:45 to 9:00, three days prior to the walk.

The Entertainment AIDS Alliance - a organization within the fundraising and artistic community - will play a major role in the event, along with artists from daytime and primetime television.

Those scheduled will include:

• Ilene Kristen (pictured) of One Life to Live

• Kimberly McCullough, who plays television’s only HIV-positive character and her co-star Jason Thompson of General Hospital

• Jackie Zeman of General Hospital

• Ashley Jones of The Bold and the Beautiful

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