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HIV and AIDS History | MEN R US.CO.UKWhen You Call My Name

"A heartrending novel about two gay teens coming of age in New York - perfect for fans of It's a Sin and Adam Silvera. It's 1990 in New York City. Adam is falling in love for the first time. Ben is leaving home for the last. Drawn by the city's irresistible energy, the boys are swept up into the queer scene, where the potential for life and love seems limitless. But as the shadows of prejudice gather, Ben and Adam discover how their newfound community is facing the looming threat of AIDS, which will touch their lives more closely than they ever could have imagined. Heartbreaking yet hopeful, When You Call My Name tells the story of the moments that break our hearts and the people who make us whole - and shows how together we burn brightest in times of darkness."

When You Call My Name | Tucker Shaw | Penguin Books | 2022

It's a Sin
Five part drama written by Russell T Davies following the lives of a group of gay men in London in 1981 on the cusp of the HIV and AIDS epidemic.

Beyond the tombstone: how British TV responded to the AIDS crisis | BFI | 12 Feb 2021
“It’s A Sin” Simplifies The Reasons Why The AIDS Crisis Was So Devastating | BuzzFeed News | 3 Mar 2021
“It’s a Sin” is about AIDS in England & Americans should remember that when they watch it | LGBT Nation | 5 Mar 2021
‘It‘s a Sin’ taught me I need to confront shame as a gay man | Huck | 18 Feb 2021
The Unique Catharsis of 'It's a Sin' | Vice | 1 Feb 2021
 ‘It Would Be Friends Of Friends, Then Your Friend’: The It’s A Sin Era, Remembered By Those Who Survived It | Huff Post | 29 Jan 2021 
It’s a Sin is a love letter to 1980s gay culture – and hate mail to the era’s homophobic hegemony | BFI | 22 Jan 2021
It's a Sin review – Russell T Davies Aids drama is a poignant masterpiece | The Guardian | 22 Jan 2021
Meet the Exuberant Young Stars of Russell T Davies’s New ’80s-Set Drama, ‘It’s A Sin’ | Vogue | 11 Jan 2021
It's A Sin (Trailer) | Channel 4 | 7 Jan 2021 | 2m 30s

HIV and AIDS History from Wikipedia, Avert and the Terrence Higgins Trust
 HIV/ AIDS in the United Kingdom | Wikipedia
History of HIV and AIDS overview | Avert
Our History: Terrence Higgins Trust | Terrence Higgins Trust

AIDS: The first 20 years | Simon Garfield
 AIDS: The first 20 years (part one) | The Guardian | 3 June 2001
AIDS: The first 20 years (part two) | The Guardian | 3 June 2001

How Edinburgh became the AIDS capital of Europe
In the mid-1980s Edinburgh became known as the Aids capital of Europe. A new deadly disease, cheap heroin and the hardline attitudes of the authorities were the ingredients for a public health disaster.
 How Edinburgh became the AIDS capital of Europe | BBC | 1 Dec 2019

How a typo created a scapegoat for the AIDS epidemic | Maclean's 
A 1984 study planted the seed that would lead the media to falsely demonize Gaëtan Dugas as Patient Zero of an epidemic that would kill more than 700,000 people in North America.
How a typo created a scapegoat for the AIDS epidemic | Maclean's | 17 Apr 2019
COVID-19: Patient zero: why it’s such a toxic term | The Conversation | 1 Apr 2020

The End Of Innocence | BBC/ Fine Cut | 1995HIV AIDS HISTORY | MENRUS.CO.UK
In 1995, the BBC made a documentary based on the book by Simon Garfield (see below) highlighting the shameful attitudes of the British public and politicians during the 80s and early 90s towards HIV/AIDS awareness, education and gay men.
The End of Innocence, part 1/ 6 | BBC Documentary/ Fine Cut | 1995
The End of Innocence, part 2/ 6 | BBC Documentary/ Fine Cut | 1995
The End of Innocence, part 3/ 6 | BBC Documentary/ Fine Cut | 1995
The End of Innocence, part 4/ 6 | BBC Documentary/ Fine Cut | 1995
The End of Innocence, part 5/ 6 | BBC Documentary/ Fine Cut | 1995
The End of Innocence, part 6/ 6 | BBC Documentary/ Fine Cut | 1995

Forty films with HIV and AIDS storylines and/ or themes
Links to Wikipedia 

Who's to say what makes a film worth watching, but one of our volunteers fancies himself as a bit of a film critic and has put a star next to the films which are some of his favourites.  

  1. An Early Frost (1985)
  2. Parting Glances (1986)
  3. Tongues Untied (1989)
  4. Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)
  5. Longtime Companion (1989)
  6. The Living End (1992)
  7. Peter's Friends (1992)
  8. Zero Patience (1993)
  9. And the Band Played On (1993) 
  10. Philadelphia (1993)
  11. The Cure (1995)
  12. Jeffrey (1995)
  13. Kids (1995)
  14. Boys On the Side (1995)
  15. It's My Party (1996)
  16. The Line of Beauty (1996)
  17. Drôle de Félix (2000)
  18. The Hours (2002)
  19. The Trip (2002)
  20. Angels in America (2003) 
  21. Rent (2005) 
  22. A Home at the End of the World (2004)
  23. Life Support (2007)
  24. The Witnesses (2007)
  25. Born in 1968 (2008)
  26. Precious (2009)
  27. We Were Here (2011)
  28. How to Survive a Plague (2012) 
  29. Philomena (2013)
  30. Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
  31. The Normal Heart (2014)
  32. Holding the Man (2015)
  33. 120 BPM (2017)
  34. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
  35. Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo (2017)
  36. United in Anger: A History of ACT UP (2012)
  37. Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
  38. 1985 (2018)
  39. Mapplethorpe (2018)
  40. Every Act of Life (2018)

More
 AIDS: Doctors and Nurses tell their Stories (2017) | Gay Films | 2 Mar 2019 | 26m
 Dr Fauci on 30 years of AIDS | HIV Gov (USA) | 31 Aug 2011 | 47m 7s

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