‘I Want to Outlive AIDS’
Latino USA
My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts
4.9 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2023
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Producer Patricia Sulbarán embarks on a journey to learn how Latino USA covered the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic as part of the show’s 30th anniversary special coverage. After reviewing hundreds of archival clips, Patricia finds a woman leading the fight against stigma in the 1990s. It was actress, lawyer and activist Ilka Tanya Payán. This episode dives into Ilka’s life and overlooked legacy, as well as the wider reality of lack of treatment for HIV-positive women back then. Today, activist Aracelis Quiñones carries Ilka’s legacy, advising her community on the challenges of aging with HIV.
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| 0:00.0 | We are celebrating 30 years on the air. I mean, it's huge, 30 angles. And so we're celebrating |
| 0:17.1 | with you because, honestly, you, dear listener, you made it happen. So we want to hear from |
| 0:22.8 | you. What is an episode that you shared with someone else? You were like, oh, my God, |
| 0:27.9 | I just have to. And you sent it to your mom or your auntie or your auntie, your son, your |
| 0:33.4 | daughter. Let us know. Leave us a voicemail at 646-571-1224. Again, that's 646-571-1224. And we |
| 0:43.0 | might just feature your call on an upcoming episode. Gracias. Y no te vayas. |
| 0:49.4 | This is Latino USA, the radio journal of news and culture. It's Latino USA. |
| 0:55.3 | Latino USA. I'm Maria Inohosa. We bring you stories that are under-reported, but that |
| 1:00.6 | mattered to you overlooked by the rest of the media. And while the country is struggling to deal |
| 1:05.0 | with these, we listen to the stories of black and Latino students. A united Latino front, |
| 1:09.7 | a cultural renaissance, organizing at the forefront of the movement. I'm Maria Inohosa. No se vayan. |
| 1:17.4 | Late last year at Latino USA, we started planning special episodes to mark the show's 30th |
| 1:24.9 | anniversary. And we were given this 400-page archival document with three decades of audio from |
| 1:33.5 | the show. It was a lot. And we were supposed to explore potential ideas. I decided to type |
| 1:43.0 | HIV in the search bar. I'm not sure why I guess I was curious. I was wondering how Latino USA |
| 1:51.2 | had covered the HIV AIDS epidemic. And for a little bit of context, I'm 32 years old, |
| 1:58.4 | and I'm an immigrant from Venezuela. So I learned about the height of the epidemic |
| 2:03.2 | in the US much later after it had already happened. And the image that I had was mainly of white |
| 2:11.4 | gay men who were getting very sick and they were protesting about it. The US government is abandoning |
| 2:18.0 | people with AIDS. Tapping the list of likely victims are male homosexuals who have many partners |
| 2:26.0 | and drug users who inject themselves with needles. All over the country, homosexuals are reporting |
| 2:30.8 | increased discrimination. I expect the Latino USA to have covered this differently. And I wasn't wrong. |
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