The AIDS Crisis: "How Many Beautiful Friends Died" (Patreon)

The AIDS Crisis: "How Many Beautiful Friends Died"

This video brought to you by Skillshare! Go to https://skl.sh/StepBackHistory and the first 500 people will get 2 months off a premium subscription. Today, we need to talk about one of the largest medical disasters in recent history that we almost never talk about. Let's talk about the people who thought they would die, had the state do nothing, and fought like hell to demand their right to exist. SUBSCRIBE and join us! https://goo.gl/7vUgh0 Step Back is made possible by the generous contributions of viewers like you, consider helping at https://www.patreon.com/stepbackhistory If you liked this video and want to leave a one-time tip: http://paypal.me/StepBackHistory Check out a collection of books that are either Tristan's favourites or used to research Step Back videos at: https://www.amazon.com/shop/influencer20170928253 Submit video ideas: http://stepbackhistory.idea.informer.com/ I have a curious cat account for anonymous questions for me: https://curiouscat.me/TristanPEJ YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE: Did Columbus Really Discover America? https://youtu.be/PfcOf7-elRs Connect with Step Back: Discord: https://discord.gg/MQSZPXu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StepBackChannel/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TristanPEJ Sub-Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/stepback/ Slack: https://join.slack.com/t/stepbackhistory/shared_invite/enQtMzA5NDkyNDA1MzE4LWRlNjAzNDVhY2Q5ZTY2YWM2MTIzZGUyNzdmNDRjNDQ4MDI4ZTE2MjY4N2QzNTAxMWM0M2M0OTJiYTliOTAwYWU Selected Sources: https://www.avert.org/professionals/history-hiv-aids/overview Cante, Richard C. (March 2008). Gay Men and the Forms of Contemporary US Culture. London: Ashgate Publishing Bogart, Laura; Thorburn, Sheryl (February 2005). "Are HIV/AIDS conspiracy beliefs a barrier to HIV prevention among African Americans?". J. Acquir. Immune Defic. Syndr. 38 (2): 213–8. doi:10.1097/00126334-200502010-00014. PMID 15671808. Walker, Robert Searles (1994). AIDS: Today, Tomorrow : an Introduction to the HIV Epidemic in America (2nd ed.). Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey: Humanities Press Intl. ISBN 0-391-03859-1. OCLC 30399464. Siplon, Patricia (2002). AIDS and the policy struggle in the United States. Washington D.C.: Georgetown University Press. ISBN 978-0-87840-378-3. OCLC 48964730. https://www.hiv.gov/ https://aidsvu.org/ https://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/sophiasmith/mnsss291.html https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/history/hiv-and-aids-timeline https://www.kff.org/hivaids/fact-sheet/the-hivaids-epidemic-in-the-united-states-the-basics/ https://www.amfar.org/thirty-years-of-hiv/aids-snapshots-of-an-epidemic/ https://www.catie.ca/en/world-aids-day/history https://www.cbc.ca/archives/topic/the-early-years-of-the-aids-crisis https://www.cnn.com/2016/04/14/health/aids-atlanta-emory-university-the-80s/index.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-confusing-and-at-times-counterproductive-1980s-response-to-the-aids-epidemic-180948611/ https://www.hrc.org/resources/hrc-issue-brief-hiv-aids-and-the-lgbt-community https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/magazine/americas-hidden-hiv-epidemic.html https://www.britannica.com/science/AIDS http://blogs.britannica.com/2011/06/rise-aids-thirty-years-later/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/World-AIDS-Day #HIV #AIDS #WorldAIDSDay