Guest Episode: Blindspot: The Plague in the Shadows: Mourning in America

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🗓️ 15 February 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Valerie Reyes-Jimenez called it “The Monster.” That’s how some people described HIV and AIDS in the 1980s. Valerie thinks as many as 75 people from her block on New York City’s Lower East Side died. They were succumbing to an illness that was not recognized as the same virus that was killing young, white, gay men just across town in the West Village. At the same time, in Washington, D.C., Gil Gerald, a Black LGBTQ+ activist, saw his own friends and colleagues begin to disappear, dying out of sight and largely ignored by the wider world. In this guest episode from WNYC Studios’ new Blindspot series, hear how HIV and AIDS was misunderstood from the start—and how this would shape the reactions of governments, the medical establishment, and numerous communities for years to come. Listen and subscribe to the rest of the series here. ——— To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:18.6	Hi history makers, Eric Marcus here. Hi History,
1:23.0	Hi History makers, Eric Marcus here.
1:25.0	While we're working on the next season of Making Gay History, I wanted to share an episode of a
1:29.5	terrific news series from the WNYC Studios podcast Blind Spot. It's hosted by
1:35.6	Ky Wright and it's called A Plague in the Shadows. You've probably already
1:40.9	listened to our Making Gay History series, coming of age during the AIDS
1:44.3	crisis.
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