Over a third of them have died. It's known as "gay plague." (Laughter.) No, it is. I mean it's a pretty serious thing [...]
HIV-related stigma, homophobia and transphobia, and lack of access create equity gaps in HIV prevention, testing, and treatment
"This horrible disease afflicts members of one of the nation's most stigmatized and discriminated-against minorities."
"If this article doesn’t rouse you to anger, fury, rage, and action, gay men may have no future on this earth..."
Speaker Pelosi & Congresswoman Lee laid a wreath at the Memorial, joined by San Francisco Mayor Breed & National AIDS Memorial CEO Cunningham
Media painted the mysterious new diseases as Gay-Related Immunodeficiency Disease (GRID) or as it was more commonly called: the "gay plague."
Even though changing these outdated, ineffective and discriminatory laws is common-sense progress, this is a move in the right direction
Played key role in creating red ribbon for awareness
Named in honor of AIDS educator, activist and reality television pioneer Pedro Zamora
There were also significant differences based on gender and sexual identity