To those of us who lived through the hell of HIV/AIDS hysteria - TopicsExpress



          

To those of us who lived through the hell of HIV/AIDS hysteria that we first became aware of in 1981, anyone else having flashbacks? Im finding myself once again so angry (and many other feelings - loss, deep sadness) with a craving that we not forget lessons learned from then about compassionate care, perspective, hanging in there. Shit, the US has 3 confirmed cases while thousands dying in West African countries - back in the 80s, those of us high risk groups lost thousands before our president paid any attention, and even then only when hetero or heteronormative folks were hit (Ryan White, Rock Hudson, Magic Johnson, Arthur Ashe) - by then our community was already decimated….
Posted on: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 14:12:08 +0000

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