A Good ACT To Follow
b'Forty years ago this month, the CDC reported on patients with HIV/AIDS in the U.S. for the very first time. In the years since, LGBTQIA+ Americans have been fighting for treatment and recognition of a disease that was understudied, under-reported, and deeply stigmatized. On this episode, our friends at It\'s Been a Minute with Sam Sanders delve into the history of ACT UP \\u2014 an organization that transformed the way the media, the government, corporations and medical professionals talked about AIDS.
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