# My Idea For an AIDS Benefit Calendar. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 20, 2016, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-idea-for-an-aids-benefit-calendar/766424 "2016-09-20T08:07:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-idea-for-an-aids-benefit-calendar/766424/1 "2016-09-20T08:07:11Z")
Actually, I have had this idea for some time now, and could have shared it sooner. The inspiration for the calendar idea came when I saw a recent picture of Magic Johnson. You know, even now, Magic Johnson looks pretty sexy. Maybe even more so, than in the past. As a young basketball star, he was rather skinny and gangly, as most are, I suppose. But you know, now that he is older, he has filled out rather nicely. And I am not just saying that as a gay man. Anyways, why not have an AIDS benefit calendar that showcases the beauty of people who are HIV-positive? Many of them are still beautiful, you know. And looking at them as forbidden fruit (since you can’t have [unprotected] sex with them), makes them even more sexy, I think. I’d love to share my idea with someone. It’s charity, so I certainly could never accept compensation for it [my idea]. But they could credit me on the calendar, as one of the people who conceived it. What do the rest of you think? :):):):)🙂 Edit: And I forgot to ask. Has this idea ever been conceived of before? And why not? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-idea-for-an-aids-benefit-calendar/766424/2 "2016-09-20T11:39:49Z")
Back in the '90s, when I was still living in NYC, I was a graphic artist volunteering with GMHC. I had the same idea as you, a calendar with 12 photos of studly people (or couples) with AIDS. I wound up relocating before the project got very far; don’t think anyone else picked it up. ---
**Author:** ![Me\_Billy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-idea-for-an-aids-benefit-calendar/766424/3 "2016-09-20T15:06:48Z")
Might make more money if you did a calendar of shirtless firemen. Then donate the money to charity. I’m told these calendars sell out quickly! To see, search [google.com](http://google.com) for shirtless firemen, then click on images. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-idea-for-an-aids-benefit-calendar/766424/4 "2016-09-20T15:34:52Z")
I dont think it’ll make much. First, you’re probably already too late for 2017. Second, this is probably a very limited market. Within a month, the popup kiosks that sell calendars will be in the malls. They have literally hundreds of different calendar styles for me to choose from including at least a dozen of sexy bikini babes. Yeah, nice to look at but totally inappropriate to have at work so I don’t even _consider_ buying one, even if part of the proceeds benefit orphaned puppies in Sub-Saharan Africa. Third, you’ll need model releases, better line up at least 20 hunks if you want 12. OTOH, get 12 pix & have Staples print your prototype, only cost you $25 or $30. Show it around to gage interest.