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History of the 90s

Kathy Kenzora

Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.7 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In 1992 HIV/AIDS hit a grim milestone in the United States when it became the number one cause of death among men ages 25 to 44.

Since there was still so much stigma attached to the illness, people were often dying without even telling their closest friends and family that they were sick. They died alone because of the shame they felt about having contracted HIV.

On this episode of History of the 90s, host Kathy Kenzora looks back at the people and events in the 1990s that helped shaped the fight to remove the stigma and shame that surrounded HIV.

Guest:

John Maxwell, Executive Director of the Aids Committee of Toronto (ACT) www.actoronto.org

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Email: 90s@curiouscast.ca

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0:41.1	On a spring day in April 1991, a group of artists gathered in the sparse surroundings of a former classroom in New York's East Village to discuss a new project.
0:53.6	The photographers, painters, filmmakers, and costume
0:56.8	designers were part of a non-profit arts organization called Visual AIDS, which was formed to raise
1:03.7	awareness about HIV AIDS. During the previous decade, New York's downtown arts community had
1:10.6	become an unimaginable scene of devastation.
1:14.2	A multitude of talented people had died, and many more were sick or were caring for sick and dying friends.
1:21.9	The entire community was touched in one way or another by HIV.
1:27.1	The group of artists wanted to create a visual expression
1:30.6	to show people living with AIDS
1:32.4	that they were supported and understood.
1:35.6	What they came up with
1:36.9	would become an internationally recognized symbol
1:39.7	of HIV awareness,
1:41.4	and it helped launch an era of AIDS activism.
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