Grace Young

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The AIDs Crisis of the 1980s

Posted On 18th November 201711th July 2018 By Grace Young

The early 1980s was a scary period to live through for American homosexual men. Homophobia and discrimination not only effected day to day life but it went hand in hand with the threat of a highly infectious and fatal disease that had no known cure. The so called ‘AIDS crisis’ of the 1980s originated, paradoxically, Continue Reading

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