"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."
#AIDSat40
#AIDSat40
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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#AIDSat40
"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
#AIDSat40 #PrideMonth #Pride #LGBTQ
-Terry Beswick @GLBTHistory
#AIDSat40 #PrideMonth #Pride #LGBTQ
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