HIV and the syndrome , AIDS, began spreadg the Uned Stat the early 1980s. By the late 1980s had bee a public health crisis. Inially the U.S. ernment did ltle to addrs the epimic, due part to misnceptns that the disease only affected gay men. Activists me together to mand a rponse om the ernment and the ternatnal muny. By the mid-1990s, HIV/AIDS numbers were on the cle Ameri. Today, lns of people around the world are livg wh HIV and tens of thoands of people die of AIDS-related illns every year.
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- SF WAS AT EPICENTER OF LBIANS HELPG GAY MEN DURG AIDS CRISIS
- IN A 1ST, GAY & BI MEN ACUNT FOR LS THAN HALF OF NEW SF HIV S
SF WAS AT EPICENTER OF LBIANS HELPG GAY MEN DURG AIDS CRISIS
The late drag queen José Jul Sarria, a gay Lato veteran who left a lastg impact on polics and the LGBTQ muny, is now the send drag queen to be part of the California Hall of Fame.
IN A 1ST, GAY & BI MEN ACUNT FOR LS THAN HALF OF NEW SF HIV S
On June 5, 1981, the feral Centers for Disease Control and Preventn's Morbidy and Mortaly Weekly Report noted five s of pnmocystis pnmonia among prevly healthy gay men Los Angel.