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Tune into Out-FM on Tues., January 11, 2022 from 8:00-9:00pm, on 99.5FM WBAI/NY & listen at https://www.wbai.org/listen-live/
ACT UP Boston then & now
As the COVID-19 epidemic continues to unfold into a new tiresome chapter, many of us, as gay, lesbian, bi and transpeople, and injection drug users and their partners are familiar with the twists and turns in a pandemic from our lived experience of the still on-going AIDS Crisis. Recently I attended an event marking the 34th anniversary of the founding of ACT UP Boston. What we’ll hear next is a history of that group told by several of its members, still relevant because of the continuing issues of homelessness, on-going HIV transmission, and need for access to HIV medication and prevention education.
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