Word: gay
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...million homosexuals who have AIDS in 1991. Or 10 million poor Blacks. Or 10 million intravenous drug users. It will be everyone, a cross-section of people that is Black and white, male and female, gay and heterosexual, rich and poor, who tests positive for the disease...
AIDS still has the stigma in our society of being labeled the "gay men's disease." There is widespread feeling that it isn't something to worry about as long as you're "normal"--some go as far as to label the disease "God's retribution for the sins of gay men." These attitudes are clearly intolerable, and although neither Bush nor Dukakis would ever make such claims, the logic that AIDS is an isolated plague underlies both of the candidates' approaches to the disease...
Jesse Jackson was the only one of twelve presidential candidates who willingly made reference to the plight of AIDS patients when he campaigned last year. At a march on Washington to celebrate Gay Awareness Day, Jackson was the only candidate to show up, and continually included gays in his political message of acceptance and equality...
What is at issue is not the morality of homosexuality or heterosexuality. It is a question of the openness of a community. One need not be gay to respect others' right...
...that is why broadened understanding of the gay community's concerns is so crucial for Harvard students, no matter what their sexual orientation. Now is the time to tackle misconceptions and to pave the way to understanding...