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[-] andros_rex@lemmy.world 40 points 9 months ago

Rock Hudson called up Nancy and Ronnie after he was diagnosed with AIDs - they had been friends for a long time. He asked them to help him get treatment from a French hospital, to send some sort of message or advocate on his behalf. They refused.

Ronald Reagan’s inaction on HIV/AIDs is what turned it into a pandemic. There was a refusal to fund research or advocate for preventative practices, because it was the “gay disease.” Nancy and Ronald can rot in piss.

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 16 points 9 months ago

when a congressman suggested to his colleagues that we even look into what AIDS is, he was laughed off the floor because "Why do you care? Are you one of those people?"

this post was submitted on 05 Feb 2024
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