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The AIDS Crisis: Episode 3 - The Baths

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AIDS Crisis and Community Response

This chapter explores the hysteria surrounding the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco during the early 1980s, focusing on the voluntary closures of bathhouses amid political pressure and health regulations. It highlights the emotional and social impacts of these closures on the gay community, revealing a mixture of defiance, grief, and solidarity in the face of tragedy.

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