By Sue Hy, Director of the Task Force’s Natnal Conference on LGBT Equaly: Creatg Change The first s of myster illns affectg gay men
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THE NATNAL GAY AND LBIAN TASK FORCE: FIGHTG HIV/AIDS OM THE BEGNG
The Natnal LGBTQ Task Force is dited to achievg eedom and jtice for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer people, and their fai through proactive, targeted, change-ducg iativ. * the national gay and lesbian task force *
The Natnal LGBTQ Task Force is dited to achievg eedom and jtice for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer people, and their fai through proactive, targeted, change-ducg iativ. Natnal LGBTQ Task Force, byname the Task Force, formerly Natnal Gay Task Force (1973–85) and Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force (1985–2014), Amerin nonernmental anizatn found 1973 that advot for the civil rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) dividuals. In 1984 the anizatn issued the first extensive report on hate crim directed at the gay muny, documentg anti-gay victimizatn and vlence.
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Natnal LGBTQ Task Force, Amerin nonernmental anizatn found 1973 that advot for the civil rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) dividuals. It was the first such natnal-level nonprof anizatn, and mobiliz state-level trag of LGBTQ * the national gay and lesbian task force *
As a foundg member anizatn of the Milary Freedom Project, the Task Force helped set the amework for the 1993 bate about gays servg the to the Obergefell v.
The Natnal LGBTQ Task Force was found October 1973 New York Cy by several activists who saw a need for a powerful, unified, and anized voice the burgeong gay rights movements. The Task Force founrs later beme proment and nsequential lears throughout the 20th century gay rights movement. Only a few months after the Task Force’s foundg, we achieved our first major victory–gettg homosexualy removed om the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn’s list of mental disorrs.
Jean O’Leary, then -executive director of the Task Force, arranged a historic Whe Hoe meetg wh reprentativ of several gay anizatns wh Midge Costanza, Assistant to the Print for Public Liaison Print Jimmy Carter. Bce Voeller leads efforts to succsfully change what the CDC referred to as GRID (Gay-related Immune Deficiency Disorr), to AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). Levi voted the next four years of his tenure as executive director advotg for effective feral policy and fundg for AIDS, and fightg homophobic legislatn om policymakers.
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The Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force starts publishg a mp anizg newsletter and iat the Lbian and Gay Fai Project to advote for fay diversy and acceptance. The Task Force is a Lead Organizer for the Third March on Washgton for Lbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberatn. It also released the first annual survey of state legislatn related to LGBTQ issu: Capal Gas and Loss: A State-by-State Review of Gay, Lbian, Bisexual, Transgenr, and HIV/AIDS-Related Legislatn.
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As more and more data accumulated, GRID (gay-related immune ficiency), AID (acquired immunoficiency disease), “gay ncer” or “muny-acquired immune dysfunctn, ” changed nam and changed shape. Bce Voeller, former executive director of the Natnal Gay Task Force, would nduct early rearch tablishg that ndoms prevent the spread of AIDS, and he tablished the e of the term Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, rather than the accurate and stigmatizg “Gay Related Immune Deficiency” to scribe this syndrome.
What seemed to be a mor medil mystery morphed to the most profound public health tastrophe to strike gay muni the Uned Stat. In 1982, Virgia Apuzzo, then executive director of the Natnal Gay Task Force New York Cy, saw big trouble brewg. And a toxic brew turned out to be: a sexually transmted, ially untreatable and fatal disease primarily affectg gay and bisexual men mixed wh ep-seated homophobia and sex phobia.