# AIDS: A Tragedy and a Turning Point

AIDS took the lives of a generation of gay male writers, activists, leaders, and ordinary people, even as it also set the stage for changes to come by prompting a new wave of activism and leading unprecedented numbers of people to come out. George Chauncey, Deborah Gould, Duane Cramer, and Jafari Allen revisit the early history of AIDS and discuss this important period of American history.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2023
- By: John W. Kluge Center (library Of Congress)
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2025661461/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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