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"They were consistently ignored by an admin. that did not want to spend any money on domestic programs, much less on domestic programs that we're going to fight a disease that was essentially just killing off gay men and intravenous drug users."
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A year later after the first HIV cases were reported...the first public question about the "gay plague" was met with laughter in the WH press room and was treated as a joke by the Reagan Admin.
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"So if it's just gay white men of privilege who are asking for our rights and ignoring the necessity to fight for the rights of trans people, for example, none of us win."
-Terry Beswick @GLBTHistory
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-Terry Beswick @GLBTHistory
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#OnThisDay 40 years ago the first cases of AIDS were reported in the US 🇺🇸, marking the start of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
This is the story of how HIV spread around the world - and how it affected the LGBT+ 🏳️🌈 community 🧵.
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This is the story of how HIV spread around the world - and how it affected the LGBT+ 🏳️🌈 community 🧵.
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Let’s rewind: What are HIV & AIDS?
HIV is a virus that attacks the body's immune system, spreading through certain bodily fluids. Untreated it can lead to AIDS, a set of life-threatening infections and illnesses.
There is still no cure for HIV, but effective treatments exist 💊
HIV is a virus that attacks the body's immune system, spreading through certain bodily fluids. Untreated it can lead to AIDS, a set of life-threatening infections and illnesses.
There is still no cure for HIV, but effective treatments exist 💊
It’s thought that HIV spread from chimpanzees to humans around 1920 in DR Congo 🇨🇩, as the animals were hunted and their infected blood came into contact with humans.
We now know that HIV was present in the US from at least the mid-70s.
We now know that HIV was present in the US from at least the mid-70s.
