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How fear and prejudice turned HIV/AIDS into a national tragedy in the 1980s

During the early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, government inaction and widespread stigma allowed a deadly crisis to worsen.

How HIV/AIDS got its name − the words Americans used for the crisis were steeped in science, stigma and religious language

The nascent LGBTQ+ rights movement and the Christian right each strongly shaped the early years of HIV/AIDS, a historian ...
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SF leaders react to Trump administration 'ignoring' World AIDS Day

This is the first time since the World Health Organization created the day in 1988 that the federal government has not ...

‘Foolish’ government cuts could take Aids pandemic back to 1980s, warns former cabinet minister

Government funding decisions risk sending progress on HIV back by decades, Lord Smith told a gathering of campaigners ...
The New York Times

Joseph Lovett, TV Producer Who Shed an Early Light on AIDS, Dies at 80

At CBS and ABC, he pursued news segments aimed at destigmatizing gay life and drawing attention to an epidemic that at the time was largely overlooked. By Miguel Salazar Joseph Lovett, a broadcast ...
Indiana Daily Student

IU alums' short film ‘Mi Media Naranja’ pays homage to lives lost in AIDS epidemic

Short film “Mi Media Naranja,” which directly translates to “My Half Orange,” was shown Wednesday in the Indiana Memorial ...