This year marks the 30th anniversary of the first AIDS diagnosis in the U.S.
It’s difficult to measure the devastating impact AIDS has had on humanity, not just the horrors of the disease itself but the inadequate response of governments and health care institutions to this incredible loss of life.
Gay activism in 1988. This poster could have been made yesterday, and yet, we've come a long way baby.
And yet through it all, people have risen to the challenges brought on by AIDS and created organizations to fight the disease and bring about change.
Today, we take a look at three decades of AIDS with David Ernesto Munar, the newly appointed President and CEO of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago. David got involved in the fight against AIDS at a very young age, and has seen our struggles and triumphs through the years as he’s risen through the ranks.
Most recently, young people have taken to digital media by storm as a way to inspire each other and find all kinds of information on how to create gay straight alliances or at schools.
The benefits of this are profound as studies show that LGBT people who’ve undergone severe trauma as a result of bullying are more likely to become HIV positive.
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