While AIDS humor will never fail to tickle the funny bones of lazy comedians and the BPR-swilling set, people are still dying from it. Yes, still. Right in your neighborhood too. The AIDS Memorial Quilt -- conceived by activist Cleve Jones as a way of remembering the dead -- now exists as one of our country's greatest contributions to folk art. Weighing an around 54 tons, it is the largest piece of community folk art in the world.

In between caterwauling over gay marriage, San Franciscans would be wise to remember that we lost almost an entire generation of gay men due to the disease.

At Sunday's Castro County Fair at the Armory Building, a section of the quilt was displayed. Here are some parts of the quilt that might pique you interest. (Please excuse the iPhone-y quality of the images.) Perry Ellis, Rock Hudson, Sylvester, and others some of you might have known were featured.

To lean more about the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, visit AIDSQuilt.org.