AIDS in America
This class begins in 1981 as AIDS emerges and explores the impact of HIV/AIDS on the LGBTQIA2+ community through the present day. It includes critical moments in the story of AIDS: conflation of AIDS and LGBTQIA2+ identity, early LGBTQIA2+ community activism, the San Francisco General Ward 5B model, art community response to AIDS, literature and media focused on AIDS, the creation of Gay Men's Health networks, and public figures coming out as HIV positive.