Gay Rights

Gay Rights

Jun 5, 1981

The first official reporting of what will become known as the AIDS epidemic.

AIDS Clinic

Jan 6, 1982

first American AIDS clinic is established in San Francisco.

congressional hearings

Apr 13, 1982

he first congressional hearings on HIV/AIDS.

Congress

Sep 19, 1982

U.S. allocates $5 million to CDC for surveillance and $10 million to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for AIDS research.

AIDS USED

Sep 24, 1982

CDC uses the term “AIDS” (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) for the first time

INFANT AIDS

Dec 10, 1982

CDC reports a case of AIDS in an infant who received blood transfusions.

Aids

Dec 31, 1982

By year-end, there is a cumulative total of 270 reported cases of severe immune deficiency among gay men, and 121 of those individuals have died.

AIDS Female

Jan 7, 1983

CDC reports cases of AIDS in female sexual partners of males with AIDS.

AIDS Ward

Jul 25, 1983

San Francisco General Hospital opens the first dedicated AIDS ward in the U.S. It is fully occupied within days

Bathhouses closed

Oct 22, 1984

bathhouses closed due to high-risk sexual activity occurring in these venues. New York and Los Angeles follow suit within the year.

VIRUS

May 4, 1986

International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses declares that the virus that causes AIDS

First Presidental Commissiom on HIV

May 31, 1987

Reagan makes his first public speech about AIDS and establishes a Presidential Commission on HIV.

World Aids Day

Dec 1, 1988

World AIDS Day.

National Commission on AIDS

Sep 18, 1989

National Commission on AIDS. The Commission meets for the first time

100,000 Cases in U.S

Dec 31, 1989

The number of reported AIDS cases in the United States reaches 100,000.

Opinion

Dec 24, 2016

I think that Gay Rights should be legal in all states and Aids should be stopped one way or another