In the early 1980s, the LGBTQ movement experienced the first tremors of a shockwave that would shake its very foundations. A disease outbreak diagnosed in just five gay men in Los Angeles in 1981 would eventually claim the lives of more than 700,000 Americans. Nearly 60% of the dead would be gay or bisexual men. It was the beginning of a global pandemic: AIDS — the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. To mark World AIDS Day — December First — journalist David Hunt revisits a story he first co...
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In the early 1980s, the LGBTQ movement experienced the first tremors of a shockwave that would shake its very foundations. A disease outbreak diagnosed in just five gay men in Los Angeles in 1981 would eventually claim the lives of more than 700,000 Americans. Nearly 60% of the dead would be gay or bisexual men. It was the beginning of a global pandemic: AIDS — the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. To mark World AIDS Day — December First — journalist David Hunt revisits a story he first co...
The world faces a refugee crisis. More people are displaced today — by war, famine and climate — than at any time in human history. Among the most vulnerable are people persecuted for their sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics. But even as the number of refugees and asylum-seekers skyrockets, countries that once provided a safe haven are pulling up the welcome mat — and demonizing immigrants, especially LGBTQ immigrants. Kimahli Powell, an activist, scholar and former C...
Tell Me, David
In the early 1980s, the LGBTQ movement experienced the first tremors of a shockwave that would shake its very foundations. A disease outbreak diagnosed in just five gay men in Los Angeles in 1981 would eventually claim the lives of more than 700,000 Americans. Nearly 60% of the dead would be gay or bisexual men. It was the beginning of a global pandemic: AIDS — the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. To mark World AIDS Day — December First — journalist David Hunt revisits a story he first co...
