The revolutionary AIDS treatment Queer activists secured 30 years ago could save millions from COVID.
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The AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power (ACT UP) was born in New York, out of rage Queer people felt seeing their friends and community wiped away by AIDS in the face of a completely indifferent government. AIDS was first identified in 1981, but it wouldn’t be until 1985—a year that saw AIDS deaths rise by a stratospheric 89 percent—that then-President Ronald Reagan would say the word “AIDS” for the first time.
The revolutionary AIDS treatment Queer activists secured 30 years ago could save millions from COVID.
The revolutionary AIDS treatment Queer…
The revolutionary AIDS treatment Queer activists secured 30 years ago could save millions from COVID.
The AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power (ACT UP) was born in New York, out of rage Queer people felt seeing their friends and community wiped away by AIDS in the face of a completely indifferent government. AIDS was first identified in 1981, but it wouldn’t be until 1985—a year that saw AIDS deaths rise by a stratospheric 89 percent—that then-President Ronald Reagan would say the word “AIDS” for the first time.