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1984. HIV/AIDS: The closure of San Francisco’s bathhouses. Part Two

Gay in the 80s Posted on January 26, 2015 by Colin ClewsJanuary 31, 2017

Given the speed at which San Francisco’s Public Health Director, Mervyn Silverman, appeared to change his opinion on the relative contribution of bathhouses to the spread of HIV, it is hard to say whether he genuinely believed that his order … Continue reading →

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