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Show COLLEGE OF HUMAN1T1E. AN EXTENSIVE LITERATURE REVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF GAY FAMILIES IN AMERICA Q Amber Porschatis (Elizabeth Clement) Department of History, Gender Studies Program University of Utah Who took care of gay m e n with HIV while they were sick and dying, and did strategies differ by race? To try to answer this question I performed a literary search through several different databases including Gender- Watch, PsyclNFO, and Ethnic NewsWatch. I also searched through documentaries to find primary resources that identify information surrounding our questions. In San Francisco when HIV emerged lesbians, friends, lovers, and some natal family support these men through their experience of being sick and dying from HIV/AIDS. These caregivers would do house calls, donate blood, take care of pets, bring medicine to the home, and the list goes on. In addition, the Shanti project helped gay m e n with HIV by providing a place to stay while being closely taken care of with food, counseling, and caregiving services. Many hospitals were turning away men with HIV to avoid the infection themselves, because of misconceptions about the transmission of HIV from one person to another. Many caregiving services turned gay m e n away because they did not want to deal with the stigma that came with caring for people with HIV. S o me gay men returned to their parents, or relied on siblings, while others had wives and children, w h o would care for them. In New York, an activist group called ACT UP formed to fight for justice for their community because the government was not helping. Underground drug trials and retired chemists helped gay m e n to find a drug to slow the HIV virus. As a community, Gay m e n and lesbians supported one another through this plague to find anti-retroviral to turn HIV into a manageable illness. Through rallies and protests across the nation, gay men and lesbian w o m e n fought to change the HIV agenda and to present a treatment agenda to stop the deaths of their friends, family, and lovers-they were all sisters and brothers to each other. Elizabeth Clement References Davis, Frare. 1990.Therese Frare. Retrieved from http://life.time.conn/history/behind-the-picture-the-photo-that-changed-the-face- of-aids/ FatCupid Media, n.d.. Gay-Men-Holding-Hands-Banner. Retrieved from http://www.differentscene.co.uk/?cat=87 Klein, William. 1988. Demonstration, ACT UP, Atlanta, 1988. Retrieved from http://popartmachine.com/art/LOC+1140555/DEMO NSTRATI0N,+ACT+UP,+ATLANTA,+1988+UNPROCESSED+IN+PR+13+CN+1993%3A173...%0A Stallard, Chuck. 1990. ACT-UP-Protest-Sixth-lnternational-Conference-on-AIDS-San-Francisco. [ACT UP protesting by lying in the streets]. Retrieved from http://thegaily.ca/societyculture/world-aids-day-are-we-not-angry-or-united-enough-anymore/ |
