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.
Contents:
- 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. 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.
IN A 1ST, GAY & BI MEN ACUNT FOR LS THAN HALF OF NEW SF HIV S
The Bay Area Reporter had s first story July 2, 1981, a brief em about "Gay Men's Pnmonia" — potentially lked to poppers — buried on page 34.