The AIDS Crisis and the Organization Fighting to End It

(above): Graph showing diagnoses/deaths; source: CDC

(left): Logo of the GMHC

(above): Kaposi’s Sarcoma, a classical symptom of HIV Infection

(left): Table displaying demographic of AIDS cases, 1980-2000; source: CDC

(left): Poster from the 2011 Broadway production of The Normal Heart

(above): Publicity photo from the 2003 film adaptation of Angels in America

CDC map showing distribution of AIDS across America, in 2011

(below): Race breakdown of new HIV cases in 2011; shows African-Americans represent almost half of all new cases; source: CDC

(above): Age breakdown of new HIV cases in 2011; shows people aged 13-24 make up 20% of new cases; source: CDC

(left): Larry Kramer, 1987; Kramer authored The Normal Heart, and was a founding member of the GMHC

(right): Roger McFarland; first president of GMHC; operated first phone-support system

(left): Policy statement from the FDA, with proposed MSM-ban lifted; that would lead to almost 750,000 new blood donors

(right): GMHC advertisement about the FDA “Blood Ban”; highlights the hypocrisy of the argument

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