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Early days of the AIDS virus in 1984...
Early days of the AIDS virus in 1984...
Item # 716767
October 09, 1984
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Oct. 9, 1984
* AIDS - Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
* HIV - Human immunodeficiency virus - pathogen
* Robert Gallo - American biomedical researcher
* Study to determine if saliva is a infectious agent ?
The front page has a heading: "AIDS: A Kiss Is Still a Kiss?" the top of page 11 has the same heading with subhead and related photo. See images for portion of the text.
background: In 1984, Nathan Fain, a founding member of Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC), wrote influential editorials in The Advocate addressing the escalating AIDS crisis. He criticized government inaction, condemned the media’s use of stigmatizing terms like “gay plague,” and emphasized the urgent need for public health education and community mobilization. Fain advocated for compassionate, science-based responses to AIDS, promoting safer-sex practices and challenging the fear and misinformation surrounding the disease. His writings helped shift the public narrative from stigma to action and played a key role in early grassroots efforts to confront the epidemic.
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because their was really no reason to save it at the time.
The Village Voice was an American counterculture newspaper known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly. It introduced free-form, high-spirited, and passionate journalism into the public discourse - a tradition it maintained throughout its 60+ year history. It is quite common to find great political cartoons, satirical cartoons and articles, thought-provoking editorials, and ads and reviews for both concerts and theater productions - both on and off Broadway. Many iconic writers and musicians credit their appearance in The Village Voice for at least a portion of their success.
Complete in 140 pages, one fold across the center, small, lightly inked library stamp on the front page, nice condition.
Provenance: This issue comes from The Village Voice's own archives, part of their in-house collection used to create their digital archive.
Alert: Many issues of The Village Voice contain articles and/or photos which some consider offensive, and are certainly inappropriate for children. If purchasing, please do so with discretion.
Category: The 20th Century
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