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1986. Politics: US Surgeon General Exposes Reagan Administration’s Bigotry

Gay in the 80s Posted on March 24, 2014 by Colin ClewsJuly 6, 2016

From the photograph, former US Surgeon General C. Everett Koop looks like a cross between an Amish minister and some kindly old uncle. In reality he was a man who managed to get himself despised by both sides of the … Continue reading →

Posted in HIV/AIDS, LGBT History, National politics, Politics | Tagged c everett koop, gary bauer, patrick j buchanan, presidential commission on HIV, reagan administration aids funding, reagan administration aids policy, ronald reagan, us aids policy, us surgeon general, us surgeon general report on HIV infection and AIDS, william bennett | Leave a reply

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