Ronald Reagan let thousands of gay, bi, queer, and trans people die. He and the religious right advanced the notion that homosexuality was a sin and thus the gay community deserved AIDS for their discretions (GRID as it was then known)
On this #WorldAIDSDay2020 I’m thinking of those queer men and trans folks from the 1970s and 1980s who fought for recognition and help during a horrific time when the US was allied against them. their communities were decimated by AIDS and HIV and still they fought
Ronald Reagan killed a generation of queer men and trans folks and let the country think it was their fault. I will never forgive and never forget
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