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Guest Episode: LGBTQ&A: Peter Staley: ACT UP Changed the World — Here’s How

Mar 26, 2022
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Peter Staley
Listen to Peter Staley, a seminal member of ACT UP, as he discusses the sex-positive activism of the group during the AIDS epidemic, breakthroughs in HIV treatment, the shift in LGBTQ activism, and challenges in developing an HIV vaccine.
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
ACT UP: Sex-Positive Activism and the Joyful Resistance
02:06 • 18min
3
Breakthroughs in HIV Treatment and Undetectable Viral Load
20:03 • 4min
4
Family Support, ACT UP Involvement, and Reflection
24:31 • 2min
5
The Shift in LGBTQ Activism
26:05 • 4min
6
Challenges in Developing an HIV Vaccine
29:54 • 4min