History
This NYC activist group, really shook things up for the HIV/AIDS epidemic
Act Up!
What percentage of people living with HIV in the US will be 50 and older in 2020?
70%
This LGBTQ center located in Somerset NJ offers free HIV testing.
Babs Siperstein PROUD Center
In June 1987 this was displayed for the first time on the National Mall in DC. It covered a space larger than a football field and included 1,920 panels
The AIDS Quilt
This is the approximate number of people living with HIV in the US today.
1.1 million
True or False:
According to a poll published in December 1986 by the Los Angeles Times: 50 % of adults surveyed supported a quarantine of AIDS patients!
That is true!
Another 48 % would approve of identity cards for those who test positive for antibodies to the virus that causes AIDS and 15 % favored tattooing AIDS victims illustrating the level of fear in the country at the time!
People with HIV can enjoy a long and healthy life by taking this which is effective and available to all.
antiretroviral treatment
In September 1991, Peter Staley and other activists wrapped the house of Senator Jesse Helms in what?
A condom, on which was written, “Helms is deadlier than a virus.” Senator Jesse Helms was one of the chief architects of AIDS-related stigma in the U.S.
THis is the percent of people with HIV who are virally suppressed
51%
This person was one of the chief architects of AIDS-related stigma in the U.S.He fought against any federal spending on HIV research, treatment or prevention.
He once said, referring to homosexuals, “it’s their deliberate, disgusting, revolting conduct that is responsible for the disease.”
And…"There is not one single case of AIDS in this country that cannot be traced in origin to sodomy.”
Senator Jesse Helms
People with HIV can develop ageing-related conditions such as:
–CVD, certain cancers, kidney & liver disease, osteoporosis, and cognitive impairment DECADES AHEAD of their HIV- counterparts.
What are these called?
These are called HIV comorbidities
On 2 October 1985, this the actor died from AIDS - the first high profile fatality. He left $250,000 to set up the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR)
Rock Hudson
Which region of the US accounted for about half of HIV diagnoses in 2017
the South
In June 1982, a group of cases among gay men in Southern California suggested that the cause of the immune deficiency was sexual and the syndrome was initially called this.
Gay-related immune deficiency (or GRID)
This documentary follows the early days of AIDS activism in the US
How to Survive a Plague