In my last post I outlined the clinical tests that led to the approval of AZT/Zidovudine as the first anti-HIV drug. What I want to do now is look at some of the non-clinical issues that surrounded the approval and … Continue reading →
Tensions between police and venue owners in San Francisco had been pretty much part of the LGBT scene in the period leading up to the 80s (for example, the ‘Gay-ola’ bribes of the 1960s and the White Night riots of … Continue reading →
To mark this year’s World AIDS Day I’m publishing a speech given by queer rights and AIDS activist Vito Russo at a couple of ACT UP rallies in 1988. Russo was one of many who were appalled at the intransigence … Continue reading →
Keith Haring’s vibrant line drawings made their first ‘public’ appearance in the early 80’s as graffiti in New York’s subway stations. At a time when spray-paint graffiti ‘taggers’ were costing the then bankrupt city of New York $54million a year … Continue reading →