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NPR's It's Been A Minute: A History Of AIDS/HIV Activism

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Underground Journalism and the Reality of HIV/AIDS Coverage

This chapter examines the biased representation of the HIV/AIDS crisis in mainstream media, emphasizing the dominance of whiteness and heterosexual perspectives. It also highlights the rise of underground journalism in the queer community, which sought to amplify marginalized voices and tell the stories often overlooked during the epidemic's early years.

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