Identities

If You’re Comparing Coronavirus and AIDS, Recognize the LGBTQ Heroes of History

‘Lessons Learned’

Dr. Deborah L. Birx invoked AIDS at the White House when talking about the coronavirus response. Unmentioned: the “lessons learned” in the 1980s were down to brave LGBTQ activists.

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