On This Date In 1981, The New York Times Printed An Article With The Headline “rare Cancer Seen In

The fact that there are people knowingly spreading HIV to their partners makes me want to physically throw up. And you know there are people doing it to keep their spouses from leaving cah the stigma would be too much for them to even seek out another relationship. It’s wicked uno. The thing is, sometimes showing you’re clean before marriage ain’t even enough, some people contract these things thru cheating (after) and end up giving it to their partners.

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This Was the First Major News Article on HIV/AIDS

The epidemic’s early days were perplexing and terrifying

Entitled “Rare Cancer Seen in 41 Homosexuals,” the article was penned by Lawrence K. Altman and appeared in the New York Times. At the time, gay men were dying of an unusual disease. They presented with purple spots on the skin, and their lymph nodes eventually became swollen before they died. It seemed to be cancer—but the symptoms matched a type usually only seen in very old people. The people who were dying at the time, however, were young and otherwise healthy. Doctors did not understand what was happening or whether the cancer was contagious.

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A bus poster designed by Gran Fury for Art Against Aids in 1989. Gran Fury was an art collective which used the power of art to battle the Aids crisis

Photograph: Gran Fury, Courtesy of the New York Public Library Manuscripts and Archives Division

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