MOVIE

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5B

2018

Documentary about the staff and patients of San Francisco General Hospital's AIDS ward during the early years of the epidemic.

94 min

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Sometimes My Heart Goes Numb: Love and Caregiving in a Time of AIDS

Drawing on the real-life stories of twenty exemplary caregivers, Dr. Charles Garfield explains the widely used Shanti caregivers model he originated—and shows how to set limits, avoid burnout, accept gratitude, and grapple with issues of life and death when caring for people with HIV/AIDS.

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Jonathan Van Ness on Being HIV Positive: “It Gave Me a Reason to Really Fight”

The charismatic star of hit TV show Queer Eye had a troubled and chaotic early life. Here, for the first time, he talks about his life with the virus.

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AIDS, Opium, Diamonds, and Empire

It is a mistake to think that wars only concern armies involved in active engagement. Nothing is farther from the truth. The real forces of evil wage a financial war.

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Tinderbox: How The West Sparked The Aids Epidemic And How The World Can Finally Overcome It

In this groundbreaking narrative, longtime Washington Post reporter Craig Timberg and award-winning AIDS researcher Daniel Halperin tell the surprising story of how Western colonial powers unwittingly sparked the AIDS epidemic and then fanned its rise.

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Nurses On The Inside: Stories Of The HIV/AIDS Epidemic In NYC

Nurses On The Inside details the stories of two nurses who witnessed the frontline of the early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

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How HIV Impacts LGBTQ+ People

While HIV affects Americans from all walks of life, the epidemic continues to disproportionately impact certain members of the LGBTQ+ community.

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How to Demand a Medical Breakthrough: Lessons from the AIDS Fight

AIDS activist group ACT UP organized numerous protests on Wall Street in the 1980s. The group’s tactics helped speed the process of finding an effective treatment for AIDS.

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AIDS in the ’80s: The Rise of a New Civil Rights Movement

The LGBT community often had to fill in gaps in care as so many gay men died and others were isolated

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DaBaby Probably Won’t Take the Time to Read This. You Should.

The truth about HIV, AIDS, and the gay community is easy to find. Here are some facts the rapper failed to collect before spitting homophobia.

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Why Do Gay Men Have an Increased Risk of HIV?

It’s not primarily high-risk behavior that puts gay men at such a high risk of HIV. It’s a higher susceptibility due to the type of sexual encounters as well as limitations in access to care.

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AIDS