Victory Deferred
How AIDS Changed Gay Life in America
Author: John-Manuel Andriote
ISBN: 9780226020495
There is no question that AIDS has been, and continues to be, one of the most destructive diseases of the century, taking thousands of lives, devastating communities, and exposing prejudice and bigotry. But AIDS has also been a disease of transformation—it has fueled the national gay civil rights movement, altered medical research and federal drug testing, shaken up both federal and local politics, and inspired a vast cultural outpouring. Victory Deferred, the most comprehensive account of the epidemic in more than ten years, is the history of both the destruction and transformation wrought by AIDS. John-Manuel Andriote chronicles the impact of the disease from the coming-out revelry of the 1970s to the post-AIDS gay community of the 1990s, showing how it has changed both individual lives and national organizations. He tells the truly remarkable story of how a health crisis pushed a disjointed jumble of local activists to become a nationally visible and politically powerful civil ri
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publish Date: 1999-06
Subjects: Health & Fitness / Diseases / AIDS & HIV, Medical / Diseases, Social Science / General, Social Science / LGBT Studies / Gay Studies
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