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and bisexual men of color. Williams himself testified before a congressional subcommittee in July 1992, where he argued that gay and bisexual men of color should have a greater role in shaping AIDS policy. The following year, in 1993, the CDC mandated that local, state, and territorial health departments involve members of communities affected by HIV/AIDS in deciding how federal AIDS funding should be used, opening the door for the kind of change that
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color, and especially with Black gay and bisexual men. In 1984 Williams helped to found an AIDS Task Force within BWMT/SF to address these racial inequities in AIDS treatment and services in San
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I share with them that they don’t have to get this disease. I got it because I didn’t know. I didn’t get it because I am gay. I didn’t get it because I am Black. I got it because I didn’t have the information.
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of G-CHP, and Phill Tingley of AIAI. Leaders and staff at GMOCC member groups worked together to develop culturally relevant AIDS education and services for their respective communities.
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