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For Gay Men Who Came of Age in the 1980s, a Grim Sense of Déja Vu

Surrounding all of these movements has been the metaphorical connection of disease with not only illness, but also impurity more generally—concepts that have obvious and horrifying linkages to racist political movements.

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For Gay Men Who Came of Age in the 1980s, a Grim Sense of Déja Vu
Demonstration in New York City, 1985.

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