Word: affectedness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Many of those who stigmatize HIV-positive persons are quick to judge them and blame their behavior and identities. This attitude goes back to the early days of the AIDS pandemic when it was labeled "gay cancer". Although initially, AIDS was mostly seen in the gay men's community, it...
In truth, Americans have always been able to put policies in front of character. Unless the character flaw was egregious and specifically affected the public, they could disregard it. The private life of the country's leader has often been less important than the direction the country was going.
Is McFadden saying that those who have died of AIDS are not worthy of being commemorated? The AIDS epidemic is a pandemic; quoting the Commemorative Program from the AIDS Memorial Quilt, "18.5 million adults are living with HIV." We cannot marginalize those affected by AIDS any longer.
"We have come to renew our commitment to fight the spread of the HIV virus and to care for those who are living with AIDS," Edelman said. "We have come to advocate for the needs of our people who are affected by AIDS. And we have also come to call...
Faced with personalities they don't trust who interview people they don't recognize about stories they don't feel concern them, young viewers are clicking the nightly news goodbye. This election year provides a good indicator of the media generation gap. Only 15% of young adults (vs. 35% of...