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J!"#$%&'()*%$+: This is part two of a four-part series on AIDS@40. Next week, part three looks at Rep. Henry Waxman’s congressional hearing in LA and the creation of AIDS Project Los Angeles.)

Before the CDC’s first report on AIDS, there was news from the New York Native, a biweekly gay newspaper published in New York City from December 1980 until January 13, 1997. It was the only gay paper in the city during the early part of the AIDS epidemic and it pioneered reporting on AIDS. On May 18, 1981, the newspaper’s medical writer Lawrence D. Mass wrote an article entitled “Disease Rumors Largely Unfounded,” based on information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scotching rumors of a “gay cancer.”

“Last week there were rumors that an exotic new disease had hit the gay community in New York. Here are the facts. From the New York City Department of Health, Dr. Steve Phillips explained that the rumors are for the most part unfounded. Each year, approximately 12 to 24 cases of infection with a protozoa-like organism, Pneumocystis carinii, are reported in New York City area.

The organism is not exotic; in fact, it’s ubiquitous. But most of us have a natural or easily acquired immunity,” Mass wrote. He added: “Regarding the inference that a slew of recent victims have been gay men. . . . Of the 11 cases . . . only five or six have been gay.”

Eighteen days later, on June 5, 1981, the world turned when the CDC published an article by Dr. Michael Gottlieb in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on AIDS symptoms, including cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and candidal mucosal infection, found in five gay men in Los Angeles. By then, 250,000 Americans were already infected, according to later reports.

Gottlieb’s CDC report was picked up that same day by the Los Angeles Times, which published a story entitled “Outbreaks of Pneumonia Among Gay Males Studied.”

A slew of similar reports followed and on June 8 the CDC set up the Task Force on Kaposi’s Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections to figure out how to identify and define cases for national surveillance. On July 3, the CDC published another MMWR on pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) and Kaposi’s Sarcoma (KS) among 26 identified gay men in California and New York. The New York Times’ story that day — “Rare Cancer Seen in 41 Homosexuals” – stamped the disease as the “gay cancer.” GRID (Gay-Related Immune Deficiency) came next. In the new Reagan/Bush administration, dominated by homophobic evangelical advisers such as Gary Bauer, funding to investigate the new disease was

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Two years later, the New York Times finally put AIDS on the front page, below the fold, with a May 25,1983 headline that read: “HEALTH CHIEF CALLS AIDS BATTLE ‘NO. 1 PRIORITY.’” By then 1,450 cases of AIDS had been reported, with 558 AIDS deaths in the United States; 71 percent of the cases were among gay and bisexual men; 17 percent were injection drug users; 5 percent were Haitian immigrants; 1 percent accounted for people with hemophilia; and 6 percent were unidentified.

But Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary Dr. Edward N. Brandt Jr. told reporters that no supplemental budget request had been made to Congress. “We have seen no evidence that [AIDS] is breaking out from the originally defined high-risk groups. I personally do not think there is any reason for panic among the general population,” he said.

Gays in denial seemed to accept feigned governmental concern. Others were deathly afraid. The HHS news conference was just 10 weeks – and 338 more cases – after the March 14 publication of playwright Larry Kramer’s infamous screed on the cover of the New York

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“If this article doesn’t scare the shit out of you, we’re in real trouble. If this article doesn’t rouse you to anger, fury, rage, and action, gay men may have no future on this earth. Our continued existence depends on just how angry you can get,” Kramer wrote. “I repeat: Our continued existence as gay men upon the face of this earth is at stake. Unless we fight for our lives, we shall die. In all the history of homosexuality we have never before been so close to death and extinction. Many of us are dying or already dead.”

Too many gay men were scared shitless. When LA gay Frontiers News Magazine re-published Kramer’s article as their March 30 cover story, bar owners threw the publication out, lest it unnerve patrons. Meanwhile, gay men wasted away and died, often alone, sometimes stranded on a gurney in a hospital hallway; sometimes – if lucky – with family or friends crying at their bedside as in the intimate photo taken by Therese Frare as her friend AIDS activist David Kirby died.

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The Recovery Incentives Act, Senate Bill 110, legalizes the Arambula.

A flurry of LGBTQ related bills passed through the California substance use disorder treatment known as “contingency “This first-of-a-kind legislation would provide our nation’s Legislature this past week for further actions by lawmakers management,” and authorizes Medi-Cal to cover it. most populous state with the data necessary to track the in both the Assembly and Senate including legislation which Contingency management has proven to be the most effective violent deaths among the LGBTQ community, allowing for would create a pilot program under which coroners and method of treatment for methamphetamine addiction, and the better deployment of resources and the development of medical examiners are trained to collect sexual orientation and is frequently used as a treatment program by the Veterans more effective policy solutions to save young LGBTQ lives,” said gender identity data as part of violent death investigations.

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Sam Brinton, the Vice President of Advocacy and Government A bill that legalizes and authorizes Medi-Cal to fund evidenceThis intervention program gives those struggling with Affairs for The Trevor Project. “Thank you to Assemblymember based treatment giving participants struggling with addiction substance use disorder financial rewards if they enter Arambula for championing this historic bill, which we hope will financial rewards for staying sober advanced as well. substance use treatment programs, stay in the program, lead California and states all across the country to adopt these Lawmakers also passed a bill that would require retailers and get and remain sober. This positive reinforcement helps much-needed practices long-term.” with 500 or more employees to remove signs for gender in people reduce and even fully stop substance use.

According to recent polling conducted by The Trevor Project toy and childcare sections, or require the retailers to provide a “The Recovery Incentives Act makes it possible for so many and Morning Consult, more than four in five adults (84%) feel it gender-neutral retail section for these items. Also passed was more people to access lifesaving meth addiction treatment,” is important to include sexual orientation and gender identity legislation to repeal discriminatory loitering law that targets sex said the bill’s sponsor Senator Scott Wiener after it passed the when evaluating suicide and other violent death statistics, workers.

Senate by a unanimous, bipartisan vote. “Meth is causing deep including 91% of Democrats, 80% of independents and 77% of Assembly Bill 1094, The LGBTQ Violent Death Data Collection harm to every community across the state, and the LGTBQ Republicans.

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As the long-awaited film version of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights” hits the screen this weekend, it’s impossible not to reflect on the fate of the Hollywood musical.

Once one of the movie industry’s most popular genres, the musical has been an inseparable part of Hollywood history ever since sound first came to the silver screen in 1927, launching a “golden age” in which the genre ruled the box office for more than 30 years.

Then the ‘60s happened. A generation disillusioned and distrustful of the “American Dream” hungered for edgier material than the old-fashioned fare enjoyed by their parents. The old studio system was failing, and although it managed to score some hits with blockbuster adaptations of Broadway shows like “My Fair Lady” and “The Sound of Music,” by the end of the decade such movies felt incredibly tone-deaf in an American culture torn apart by turmoil. The country had lost its innocence, and despite occasional attempts to “reboot” the genre in the years ever since, the reign of the Hollywood musical was effectively over.

Until now, perhaps.

“In the Heights” arrives with a considerable amount of anticipation behind it. Adapted from the Tony-winning 2008 Broadway hit that brought Lin-Manuel Miranda into the limelight and paved the way for him to create “Hamilton” a few years later, it centers on a hard-working bodega owner named Usnavi (Anthony Ramos), who serves as our guide for a sweeping musical portrait of Manhattan’s Washington Heights – an area mostly populated by Latin people of color from immigrant families – that follows the stories of several interconnected characters as they pursue their hopes and dreams. With songs by Miranda and a script by Quiara Alegría Hudes (who also wrote the book for the stage production), it showcases a diverse cast that also includes Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Stephanie Beatriz, Gregory Diaz IV, Dascha Polanco, Jimmy Smits, Marc Anthony, and Olga Merediz, reprising her Broadway role as Abuela Claudia. Even Miranda himself shows up in the ensemble.

Needless to say, there was a lot of buzz around the film even !"#$%" its release was postponed for a year due to COVID. If you’re wondering if it lives up to that buzz, the answer is a resounding “yes.” Onstage, “In the Heights” was an infectious celebration of community, driven by an irresistible Latin beat and infused with an uplifting message about following your dreams in the face of adversity. On film, as directed by John M. Chu (“Crazy Rich Asians”), it more than meets the challenge of translating all that energy to the screen – and in the process, it accomplishes a whole lot more.

First and foremost, it delivers the almost euphoric refreshment that comes from seeing a major Hollywood film populated almost entirely by people of color. In today’s cultural environment, the power of this cannot be overstated.

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Yet “In the Heights” does not let itself get weighed down by any perceived importance. Instead, it wins us over with good-natured approachability, personified by the endearing and charismatic Ramos in what deserves to be a star-making performance. He is joined by an ensemble of co-stars whose talents are quickly proven to be a match for his own.

Chu leans into the strength of his players, but he also recognizes that the real star of “In the Heights” is its music, and unlike many modern musicals, his movie fully embraces its songs as its entire reason for being.

Miranda’s extensive score is delivered largely intact, affording the composer’s signature blend of showtunes and rap the spotlight it deserves. Even more importantly, Chu (aided by gifted collaborators like cinematographer Alice Brooks and choreographer Christopher Scott) uses it as a platform on which to build something truly audacious and wholly unexpected – a triumphant return to form for the Hollywood musical.

There have been new entries in the genre in the years since its decline, and a few of them, like Bob Fosse’s “Cabaret,” have even been great films. Still, these and other such successful one-offs have bent the formula to meet the prevailing cynicism of the postmodern age, merging reality with fantasy in a way that minimizes the need for jaded contemporary audiences to suspend their disbelief when a character bursts into song. They succeed not because they embrace the traditional conceits of the art form, but because they reinvent them – and often, with a palpable sense of irony.

The old musicals required no such tactics. Rather than distancing audiences from the escapism of the format, they encouraged people to revel in it. There was a kind of magic being projected on the screen, and everybody in the theater was not only willing, but eager to believe in it.

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Moviegoers today are no longer able to accept that kind of artificiality – or at least, that’s become the conventional wisdom in Hollywood, which seems to have forgotten how to make a musical that doesn’t feel like it’s actually &'$($)*+*,)-for being a musical.

“In the Heights” never apologizes. Executed with breathtaking cinematic vision and a healthy dose of “magical realism” that does nothing to undercut its streetwise swagger, “In the Heights” comes closer than any film in recent memory to recapturing the elusive charm that made the musical genre the pinnacle of cinematic excellence for so many decades. Filled with one dazzling musical number after another, it pays homage to its heritage – a swimming pool sequence suggests the intricate spectacles conceived by Busby Berkeley, a sublime '&.- /"- /"01- on a fire escape evokes MGM’s masterful technicolor dreamscapes of the 1950s, the film’s location cinematography invites associations with “West Side Story” — while audaciously asserting itself as a product of its own time. And though it acknowledges the hardships faced by its characters in a modern world – gentrification, threat of deportation, economic struggle, bigotry – it counters those realities with a generous spirit of empathy and inclusion (and yes, that includes LGBTQ people, too) and manages to elicit the kind of un-ironic hope that shone like a beacon in those glorious musicals of old. It makes us 2&,3-to believe in the magic.

Whether or not that’s enough to revive the Hollywood musical, only time will tell. In the meantime, “In the Heights” is exactly what we need after enduring the long isolation of a pandemic – and although it’s being simultaneously released on HBO Max, it’s also the perfect excuse to venture into a theater once more.

It deserves to be seen on the big screen, and you deserve to see it there.

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As soon as the news got out, Giants’ vice president of external affairs Roscoe Mapps said his phone started buzzing.

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Mapps told the San Francisco Chronicle. “I started getting chills.”

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On hand for the game, which starts at 4:15 p.m. PDT, will be MLB’s most prominent voice for LGBTQ inclusion, Billy Bean, the VP and special assistant to the commissioner as well as the MLB ambassador for inclusion since 2014.

“The beginning of Pride month alongside fans returning to our MLB ballparks is tremendously exciting. The past year has been difficult for everyone, and I am so appreciative that our Clubs are able to reach out and support the LGBTQ community in such a positive way,” Bean told the Blade. !"#$%&'()(*+,(

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ESPN reported the pause occurred during the final 2-2#'/,$ -6$ /"#$ ,#*-'0$ "&56$ 3#6-)#$ /"#$ 1&2#$ 4#'/$ /-$ #P/)&$ /+2#$ +'$ /"#$ Q>%>$ 2#'H,$ '&/+-'&5$ /#&2H,$ RCI$ 4+'>$ Referee John Pitti resumed the match after three minutes &,$?5&:#),$-'$3-/"$,+0#,$?5#&0#0$4+/"$/"#$*)-40$/-$,/-?$ 9,+'1$/"#$*"&'/> !"#$ 5#&19#$ "&,$ 4)+//#'$ )95#,$ &'0$ 19+0#5+'#,$ /"&/$ *&55$ for the referees on the field to halt game play if a warning /-$ /"#$ ,?#*/&/-),$ 3:$ /"#$ &''-9'*#)$ -@#)$ /"#$ ,/&0+92H,$ ?935+*$ &00)#,,$ "&,$ &5)#&0:$ 4&)'#0$ /"#$ *)-40$ /-$ *#&,#$ &'0$0#,+,/>$%"-950$/"#$*)-40$'-/$,/-?8$/"#'$/"#$)#6#)##$ "&,$/"#$&9/"-)+/:$/-$,#'0$/"#$?5&:#),$/-$/"#$5-*7#)$)--2,$ &'0$*&'$&5,-$*&55$6-)$/"#$2&/*"$/-$3#$&3&'0-'#0> A%<E$ &5,-$ )#?-)/#0$ /"&/$ /"+,$ 4&,$ /"#$ ,#*-'0$ /-9)'&2#'/$2&/*"$/-$3#$"&5/#0$09#$/-$&'/+C1&:$*"&'/,$&/$ Empower Field at Mile High. Mexico’s semifinal win over Costa Rica was also briefly paused. That match also saw several fans ejected from the stadium.

B9/,?-)/,$ )#?-)/#0$ 5&,/$ ,?)+'1$ /"&/$ /"#$ 0+,1)&*#695$ “puto” chant —a vulgar slur for male prostitute —

is ubiquitous at Mexican soccer matches, and up 9'/+5$ )#*#'/5:8$ ,-**#)H,$ 1-@#)'+'1$ 3-0:8$ (S0S)&/+-'$ T'/#)'&/+-'&5#$0#$(--/3&55$F,,-*+&/+-'$-)$(T(F8$"&,$3##'$ ambivalent about its eradication. The organization has punished Mexico at least 12 times for the chant since

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2015, and yet, it hasn’t disappeared.

In March, FIFA opened an investigation into antigay chanting by Mexico supporters during an Olympic qualifier against the Dominican Republic ESPN noted. *-.//&"(0#"-*

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