{"id":202622,"date":"2016-12-01T08:12:39","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T13:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=202622"},"modified":"2023-03-17T15:15:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T19:15:44","slug":"news-from-the-front-lines-of-the-aids-fight-202622","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/news-from-the-front-lines-of-the-aids-fight-202622\/","title":{"rendered":"News from the front lines of the AIDS fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the earliest days when a yet unknown and unidentified disease found its first victims in America\u2019s gay communities, through the years of intense political and social activism for funding and research, to the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, and the news that basketball star Magic Johnson had contracted HIV, the <i>Empty Closet <\/i>chronicled it all.<\/p>\n<p>The paper was begun at the URochester by Bob Osborn and Larry Fine, the founders of the University student group, Rochester Gay Liberation Front, and later transferred to the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley\u00a0(GAGV).<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, the <i>Empty Closet<\/i> celebrated its 40th year of continuous publication. As it always has, the newspaper covers local, state, national and international news, as well as issues pertaining to the LGBT community.<\/p>\n<p>For as long as it has been published, the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections has been collecting, preserving, and <b><a class=\"regular-link\" href=\"http:\/\/rbscp.lib.rochester.edu\/EmptyCloset\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">archiving the <i>Empty Closet<\/i><\/a>.<\/b> It was from these copies that preservation microfilm of the journal was created. Funding for the microfilming was provided as part of a grant from the New York State Program for the Conservation and Preservation of Library Research Materials. The digitization of the microfilm was paid for by the Gay Alliance.<\/p>\n<p>Current issues of the Empty Closet may be found here: <a class=\"regular-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gayalliance.org\/emptycloset\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>http:\/\/www.gayalliance.org\/emptycloset\/<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>From the archives<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You can browse the University\u2019s online collection of the Empty Closet at <b><a class=\"regular-link\" href=\"http:\/\/rbscp.lib.rochester.edu\/EmptyCloset\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/rbscp.lib.rochester.edu\/EmptyCloset<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_202642\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202642\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-202642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EC_Sep_81.jpeg\" alt=\"scanned image of newspaper clipping\" width=\"586\" height=\"628\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-202642\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>1981 September.<\/strong> Article does not explicitly mention AIDS, but references a \u201cgay pneumonia\u201d and a \u201cgay cancer\u201d that are being studied by the CDC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_202652\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202652\" style=\"width: 553px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-202652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EC_April_1982_Closeup.jpeg\" alt=\"newspaper clipping\" width=\"553\" height=\"498\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-202652\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>1982 April.<\/strong> Reports that 99 people have died in the last seven months, including heterosexuals and non-drug users.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_202662\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202662\" style=\"width: 515px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-202662\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EC_Oct_1982_Closeup.jpeg\" alt=\"newspaper clipping\" width=\"515\" height=\"781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EC_Oct_1982_Closeup.jpeg 515w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EC_Oct_1982_Closeup-415x630.jpeg 415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-202662\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>1982 October.<\/strong> In this front page story, the term AIDS is used in the paper for the first time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_202672\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202672\" style=\"width: 905px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-202672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EC_March_1983.jpeg\" alt=\"newspaper clipping\" width=\"905\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EC_March_1983.jpeg 905w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EC_March_1983-630x388.jpeg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EC_March_1983-768x474.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-202672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>1983 March.<\/strong> Reports that there have now been nearly 1,000 cases of AIDS and 350 deaths, as the Gay Rights National Lobby works to secure federal research funding.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_202682\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202682\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-202682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EC_Dec_1983_closeup1.jpeg\" alt=\"newspaper clipping\" width=\"575\" height=\"495\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-202682\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>1983 December.<\/strong> AIDS Task Force formed in Monroe County, with the goal of education high-risk groups, health professionals, and the general public.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_202692\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202692\" style=\"width: 984px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-202692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EC_May_1984_closeup.jpeg\" alt=\"newspaper clipping\" width=\"984\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EC_May_1984_closeup.jpeg 984w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EC_May_1984_closeup-630x307.jpeg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EC_May_1984_closeup-768x375.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-202692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>1984 May.<\/strong> Front page story reports on the CDC discovery of the virus that causes AIDS. In the article it\u2019s called HTLV-3. \u201cAIDS has killed 1,758 Americans since it first appeared in the United States three years ago.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_202702\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202702\" style=\"width: 628px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-202702\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EC_Nov_1988.jpeg\" alt=\"newspaper clipping\" width=\"628\" height=\"877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EC_Nov_1988.jpeg 628w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EC_Nov_1988-451x630.jpeg 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-202702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>1988 November.<\/strong> Front page story on the AIDS Memorial Quilt project in Washington.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_202712\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202712\" style=\"width: 864px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-202712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EC_Dec_1991_MajicJohnsonLetter.jpeg\" alt=\"newspaper clipping\" width=\"864\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EC_Dec_1991_MajicJohnsonLetter.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EC_Dec_1991_MajicJohnsonLetter-630x454.jpeg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/EC_Dec_1991_MajicJohnsonLetter-768x554.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-202712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>1991 December.<\/strong> First mention of Magic Johnson, who announced he was HIV positive on November 7, 1991. Most of the articles in this issue express frustration that the disease is now only being taken seriously and sensitively because a famous heterosexual individual contracted it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Related stories:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urochester.atavist.com\/world-aids-day-2016\"><strong>\u201cI remember the courage with which they faced the unknown.\u201d<\/strong><\/a> <em>December 1, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/8000-posters-one-collection-202502\/\"><strong>8,000 posters, one collection<\/strong><\/a> <em>December 1, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/representing-aids-then-and-now-202402\/\"><strong>Representing AIDS, then and now<\/strong><\/a> <em>November 30, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/magic-johnsons-hiv-bombshell-25-years-later-202362\/\"><strong>Magic Johnson\u2019s HIV bombshell, 25 years later<\/strong><\/a> <em>December 1, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founded by Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ students in 1971, the <em>Empty Closet<\/em> is one of the oldest continuously published LGBT papers in the United States. 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