aids crisis

Late US senator Jesse Helms

US
Sep 10 2023

Senator Jesse Helms’ hateful anti-LGBTQ+ views kept his lesbian granddaughter in the closet

Lesbians march during a Pride parade.

UK
Apr 28 2023

Lesbian icon Lisa Power explains how AIDS crisis healed rift between lesbians and gay groups

A picture of Tucker Shaw, author of When You Call My Name, on the left, with a picture of the UK cover of his AIDS era novel on the right.

Books
Jun 12 2022

What it was really like to live through the height of the AIDS crisis: ‘There was beauty and humour’

Former first lady Nancy Reagan wears read as she stares off camera at someone else

US
Jun 02 2022

Nancy Reagan, who turned her back on the AIDS crisis, honoured by White House on first day of Pride

Dennis Prager appears during a segment on Newsmax

News
Nov 09 2021

Right-wing radio host compares ‘pariah’ anti-vax movement to AIDS crisis in unhinged rant

Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

UK
Feb 08 2021

Margaret Thatcher worried AIDS warnings would make people ‘experiment’ with ‘risky sex’

Health
Feb 05 2021

Anthony Fauci visited gay saunas and bars to help understand how AIDS was spreading

Gay man shame AIDS HIV It's a Sin

Lifestyle
Jan 30 2021

Heartbreaking letter explains the ‘deep, pulsating shame and fear’ of growing up gay in the shadow of AIDS

Not "just a phase": Nick Cardello and Kurt English

Community
Dec 25 2020

Next time someone says being gay is just a phase, show them this

Larry Kramer at Village Voice AIDS conference on June 6, 1987 in New York City, New York

Community
May 28 2020

Elton John, Julia Roberts and Mark Ruffalo lead celebrity tributes to courageous AIDS activist Larry Kramer

US
May 26 2020

There’s an eye-opening difference between the way the New York Times reported 100,000 coronavirus deaths and 100,000 AIDS deaths

queer elders AIDS coronavirus

Community
May 24 2020

Queer elders on lessons they learned during the AIDS crisis, which are helping them through coronavirus

Former Conservative Party lawmaker Edwina Currie sparred with Good Morning Britain hosts over coronavirus guidelines. (Screen capture via ITV)

UK
May 12 2020

Edwina Currie, a former health minister, once said ‘good Christian people’ don’t get AIDS. Now she’s on TV giving coronavirus advice

Brazil is the latest country to lift restrictions on gay and bi men giving blood

World
May 10 2020

Brazil is the latest country to lift restrictions on gay and bisexual men giving blood as supplies dwindle in face of coronavirus pandemic