(THE CONVERSATION) First it was referred to as a “mysterious illness.” Later it was called “gay cancer,” “gay plague” and “GRID,” an acronym for gay-related immune deficiency. Most egregiously, some ...

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Elizabeth Taylor was the ultimate Hollywood It girl, starring in 56 movies and 10 made-for-TV movies in the span of 60 years.

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When I saw the scene in the Oscar-nominated Dallas Buyers Club in which a sad-eyed doctor told the skeletal Ron Woodroof, played by Matthew McConaughey, that he had full-blown AIDS and would die ...

One morning this past March, I stirred from slumber convinced that someone had snuck in overnight and packed my ear with Jell-O. Still drowsy, I registered that the fullness seemed to extend ...

First it was referred to as a "mysterious illness." Later it was called "gay cancer," "gay plague" and "GRID," an acronym for gay-related immune deficiency. Most egregiously, some called it "4H ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Scott Malia, College of the Holy Cross (THE CONVERSATION) First it was referred to as ...