Thread by @CodyMillerELA, In my #LiberateAndChill module I ask educators to learn and commit to [...]

In my #LiberateAndChill module I ask educators to learn and commit to learning LGBTQ history. I'm still learning, of course. A good friend informed me yesterday the role Dr. Fauci played in the AIDS pandemic. I was unaware of this history! https://variety.com/2020/film/features/how-to-survive-a-plague-david-france-coronavirus-aids-1203548736/

‘How to Survive a Plague’ Director on Coronavirus: ‘I Don’t Know If America Is Going to Survive...

'How to Survive a Plague' director David France says there are lessons from AIDS activism that apply to the U.S.'s response to coronavirus.

https://variety.com/2020/film/features/how-to-survive-a-plague-david-france-coronavirus-aids-1203548736/

And more: https://www.washingtonblade.com/2020/03/18/hiv-activists-hail-fauci-amid-coronavirus-crisis-but-it-wasnt-always-that-way/

HIV activists hail Fauci amid coronavirus crisis — but it wasn’t always that way

Anthony Fauci, a leading voice of medical authority as the world confronts the coronavirus, is no stranger to viral epidemics — nor protesters who once displayed him in effigy in frustration amid new...

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2020/03/18/hiv-activists-hail-fauci-amid-coronavirus-crisis-but-it-wasnt-always-that-way/

Fauci became an ally due to WORK OF QUEER ACTIVISTS. He gained a wealth of knowledge about pandemics from the AIDS crisis due to WORK OF QUEER ACTIVISTS. The knowledge he's relying on now is a result of the WORK OF QUEER ACTIVISTS. I hope y'all are paying attention!

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