How has the aids crisis reshaped the perception of the lgbtq community

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Explain how the aids crisis reshaped the imago (perception basically) of the lgbtq community? What were the major consequences and ramifications? How is this continuous tragic event affecting the lgbtq community and the rest of society?

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5:481 Il LTE inst-fs-iad-prod.inscloudgate.net Prof. Sabaiz-Birdsill QS 301 QS 301 Fall 2018 Final Through out the semester we were able look at development of the LGBTQ community, the ideas that were presented to explain homosexuality and the forms in which the community has established itself in our society. For this final essay, you will have three choices to develop for your arguments. Remember to only select one of the choices; you do not have to do more than one. Here are your choices: Explain how the AIDS crisis reshaped the Imago of the LGBTQ community. What were the major consequences? Ramifications? How is this continuous tragic event affecting the LGBTQ community and the rest of society? The Stonewall Riots are considered the beginning of the LGBTQ activist movement. Explain how important these events are, what led up to them and how they made a mark in our society. Discrimination against the LGBTQ community is still a huge problem in our society. Looking back, explain what are the components that fester this type of discrimination. What ideas and information leads people in society to think that the LGBTQ community deserves to be punished or persecuted? In order receive full credit for this final essay, you must meet the following requirements: Essay must follow MLA format, you must have between 5- 6 secondary sources in your Works Cited page, the length of the paper should be between 5-6 pages, you may write more but no less than 4 complete pages. This assignment is due on Canvas no later than Dec. 11 by 12PM. Remember that it must be a WORD document or else I will not be able to grade it. Incomplete, not WORD documents, or late papers automatically receive an F. You may NOT email the essay! If you have any questions, let me know ASAP! Good luck! Prof. Sabaiz-Birdsill
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The AIDS Crisis and the LGBT Community
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The AIDS Crisis and the LGBT Community
The HIV/AIDS crisis continues to be a significant health issue in the US and many other
parts of the world. While considerable scientific advances have made it easier to prevent the
disease, no cure or vaccine has been discovered yet. The scourge thus continues to traumatize
many people due to the debilitating health effects of the infection, as well as issues of stigma and
social discrimination of the victims. The LGBT community includes groups of gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgender individuals. Recent research indicates the AIDS crisis has had a
negative impact on these people. In the US, an approximate 1.2 million people are living with
AIDS, and 55% of the people living with are from the gay and the bisexual community
(O’Leary, 2016). The rate of infection of the HIV among the gay and bisexual community
continues to increase, indicating a sub-crisis of AIDS in the LGBT community.
How the AIDS Crisis Has Reshaped the Imago of the LGBT Community
The disease was first discovered among the gay community in the US in 1981. The
condition which was first considered a “rare cancer” spread across the gay community and was
considered an epidemic, it would later be referred to as the acquired immune deficiency
syndrome (AIDS). In those early stages of understanding the diseases, it was often related to the
gay community and was labeled a “Gay Plague” (Boskey, 2018). Some individuals even
mistakenly referred the disease to as “gay-related immune deficiency.” The increased
misinformation led to an increase in homophobic tendencies towards the gay community from
the people in society.
In the 70s and 80s, gays were considered minorities in society; however, after seeking for
equal rights, equality of rights was granted to them in urban areas such as New York and San
Francisco. With the spread of AIDS disease in the early 80s, the gay freedom would only be

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short-lived because of the level of stigma associated with such people. The disease claimed the
lives of the gay community in high numbers, a phenomenon that changed the perception of the
gay peoples (Larsson, 2017). Stigma affected the gay people as they questioned why they were
being affect...


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