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1985: Television. ‘A Plague on You’

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On 4th November 1985, the UK’s BBC2 broadcast “A Plague on You: AIDS, the Media and the Truth” as one of it’s ‘Open Space’ programmes. Open Space was a weekly series “which involves the public in making, shaping or influencing programmes on issues … Continue reading →

1980s. HIV/AIDS: Why was AIDS called ‘the gay plague’?

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The early years of AIDS were a time of great fear and anxiety for gay men around the world.* The bulk of this was generated by the mysterious and lethal nature of this new condition. But there was another element … Continue reading →