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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 — an organization that transformed the way the media, the government, corporations and medical professionals talked about AIDS.

ACT UP in motion

ACT UP held numerous demonstrations and shared resources with the community in the late 80s and early 90s. These are some of those efforts.

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  ACT UP demonstration at Foley Square, Federal Plaza, June 30, 1987.
  From left to right: Steve Gendin, Mark Aurigemma, Douglas Montgomery,
  Charles Stimson, Frank O'Dowd, Avram Finkelstein
  (Photograph by Donna Binder)
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  Katrina Haslip (right) and Terry McGovern (center) protesting at Health and Human Services in Washington D.C., on the day of Katrina's release from prison in October 2nd, 1990 (Photograph by Donna Binder)
  Courtesy of the publisher
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  Peter Staley protesting at the FDA headquarters, in October 1988 (Photograph by Donna Binder)
  Courtesy of the publisher
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  ACT UP flyer distributed to parishioners during the Stop the
  Church action, December 10, 1989 (Vincent Gagliostro)
  Courtesy of the publisher
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  ACT UP flyer distributed to parishioners during the Stop the
  Church action, December 10, 1989 (Vincent Gagliostro)
  Courtesy of the publisher
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  ACT UP flyer distributed to parishioners during the Stop the
  Church action, December 10, 1989 (Vincent Gagliostro)
  Courtesy of the publisher
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  The Latino Caucus at Storm the NIH on May 21, 1990
  (Photograph by Dona Ann McAdams)
  Courtesy of the publisher

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