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...
Watching a Close Vote for LGBTQ Rights at the U.N.
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4 months ago
Watching a Close Vote for LGBTQ Rights at the U.N.
The global struggle to secure the human rights of LGBTQ people has a powerful advocate at the United Nations: the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. But the advocate’s voice could be silenced in July 2025 if the U.N.’s Human Rights Council fails to renew its mandate. Behind the scenes, an international coalition of nongovernmental organizations is campaigning for the mandate's renewal. Journalist David Hu...
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...
