Elizabeth Taylor’s estate has learned that her AIDS activism included both public-facing and private work Jeffrey Markowitz/Sygma via Getty Elizabeth Taylor was enough of a public figure for her ...

One day in 1982 or 1983, a young man in New Haven, Connecticut, learned that his friend had been diagnosed with a medical condition that had only recently acquired the name AIDS. At the time, just a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marchers 1983 Gay Pride parade AIDS research banner Manhattan New York City The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first ...

In 1986, the Vatican released a letter condemning homosexuality with what The New York Times called a “pointed allusion to AIDS.” Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

In July 1985, more than 4,000 people gathered in their walking shoes at California’s Paramount Studios, bound by a cause that until then had largely existed in the shadows. Their grassroots motivation ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first used the term “AIDS” on Sept. 24, 1982, more than a year after the first ...