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As public awareness of HIV increased and became the AIDS Crisis, so too did incidents of attacks on homosexuals. "What man does not understand, he fears; and w
by Communitivity 3y ago
As public awareness of HIV increased and became the AIDS Crisis, so too did incidents of attacks on homosexuals.
"What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy." - William Butler Yeats
Plenty of sources on the uptick in attacks during the AIDS crisis, but here are three:
* https://review.gale.com/2017/05/17/the-homophobic-aids-crisis-of-the-1980s/ https://review.gale.com/2017/05/17/the-homophobic-aids-crisi...
* https://www.apa.org/pi/aids/resources/exchange/2012/04/discrimination-homophobia https://www.apa.org/pi/aids/resources/exchange/2012/04/discr...
* https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/23/us/violence-against-homosexuals-rising-groups-seeking-wider-protection-say.html https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/23/us/violence-against-homos...