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The Other Pandemic: An AIDS Memoir

The Other Pandemic: An AIDS Memoir

Curlee, Lynn

Hardcover

Young Adult Nonfiction

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ISBN10: 1623543509
ISBN13: 9781623543501
Publisher: Charlesbridge Teen
Published: Jun 6 2023
Pages: 176
Weight: 1.30
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A searing photo-illustrated historical memoir from the LGBTQIA+ frontlines of the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s.

Before COVID-19 made pandemic a household word in 2020, there was the AIDS pandemic of the 1980s and 1990s. Author Lynn Curlee explores the parallels and the difference as he recounts living in New York and Los Angeles when the disease silently took hold of the gay community. As the disease became a full-blown public health crisis, Curlee watched in horror at the devastating progression of HIV/AIDS, the staggering losses endured, and divisive politics and discrimination that cost many people their lives.

With honesty and heart, Curlee tells the stories of the many friends and loved ones that he lost to the disease, including his own life partner. LGBTQ+ rights and access to health care continues to be threatened today. The Other Pandemic is a stark and strong reminder of how history speaks to the present, and this window to the past is a valuable tool for understanding our current cultural landscape.

HEARTBREAKING! This memoir of the AIDS plague is a powerful reminder to those of us who miraculously lived through it -- and a valuable eye-opener for younger generations who can never allow this to happen again. With the COVID pandemic on everyone's radar, there couldn't be a more teachable moment. Author Lynn Curlee grabs this pulpit by the throat and fearlessly makes the case that we must never forget.

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