This eruption of activity suggests that we may be at another critical moment, as has occurred at three critical earlier junctures of the epidemic. In 1982, the first wave of the response to AIDS was begun to provide supportive services and palliative care to ever-growing numbers of the sick and dying. The worlds first and longest-lasting AIDS service organization, Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC) was launched in 1982. The following year, a newly formed People With AIDS Coalition (PWAC) enunciated The Denver Principles to promote self-empowerment and confront AIDSphobia, homophobia, and the dehumanization of people living with HIV.
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