Important People
The NBA star who destigmatized HIV/AIDS as not just a white, homosexual disease.
Who was Magic Johnson
The common term, now used for the virus.
What is human immunodefficiency virus.
The year the CDC begins AIDS-related research
What was 1981?
The singer-icon who publicized his fight with HIV/AIDS, who seemingly also deseminated this information with this class!
Who was the popularly identified 'Patient 0' who was claimed to be the man who transported HIV to America?
What is Gaëtan Dugas.
The common term, now for the immunological compromised state resulting from the condition.
What is acquired immunodeficiency sydrome?
The year that the supposed Patient 0 died with HIV-related complications
What was 1984?
Language used by popular media, such as the NYT when first interacting with this unknown condition.
The man who found the cause for HIV/AIDS
What is Dr. Robert Gallo
What is Gay-related Immunodeficiency Disease
When was 1985?
Emotions felt by the homosexual community during the early days of the virus; and unfortunately sometimes even now.
What was stigma, fear, and further alienation from society.
Theoretical first case of AIDS in America; his name and the City/State he lived in.
Who was Robert Rayford of St. Louis, Missouri
The condition that early HIV/AIDS patients were diagnosed with.
What is Kaposi Sarcoma or Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia
The year the CDC released preventative guidelines for HIV/AIDS
When was 1989?
The set of documents passed during the Second National AIDS Forum in 1983 that outlined the rights and responsibilites of people living with HIV/AIDS.
What was the Denver Principles?
Who was Larry Kramer
The year that the term HIV began to be used to describe the virus that caused AIDS.
The year that a supposed real Patient 0 entered a hospital.
When was 1968?
Organization founded by Larry Kramer which protested slow HIV/AIDS-research, discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people, and the high costs of AZT.
What was Act Up (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power)?