Topic

HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS epidemic, losses, activism, and care.

2 highlights from 2 interviews
Donna Blaze Johnson

Donna Blaze Johnson

Life from 1970s to Early 2000s

17:32–24:58

Donna reflects on the devastating AIDS crisis, describing the loss of an entire generation of beautiful men, government indifference, community response including ACT UP activism in New York, and how it compares to COVID.
Brittany Ramirez

Brittany Ramirez

Life in the Coastal Bend

14:50–16:36

Brittany remembers the Loving Spoonful—a group of women who fed and sheltered people with HIV/AIDS when families and employers rejected them—as the precursor to the Coastal Bend Wellness Foundation, which continues vital work today.