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List of HIV-positive people

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Good articles

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Did you know? articles

... that Larry Kramer frequently invoked the AIDS–Holocaust metaphor and compared Reagan Administration officials to Nazi war criminals? (2019-02-08)
... that the cremated remains of AIDS activist Ortez Alderson were thrown onto the South Lawn of the White House in the ACT UP Ashes Action of 1992? (2023-01-22)
... that the new antiretroviral drug apricitabine was invented at a Canadian drug manufacturer, which was bought by the British company Shire plc, who sold the drug's development rights to an Australian company? (2008-09-08)
... that Tony Award-winning producer Richard Barr took part in the infamous radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds? (2010-02-25)
... that African American civil rights activist Mel Boozer was the first openly gay person nominated for the office of Vice President of the United States? (2009-01-11)
... that some men purposely have sex in order to become infected with HIV? (2021-06-27)
... that Gideon Byamugisha was the first religious leader in Africa to publicly announce that he was HIV positive? (2009-04-16)
... that in 1975, Barbara May Cameron, a member of the Hunkpapa Lakota, co-founded the first gay Indian organization in San Francisco? (2017-08-30)
... that in 1981 Bobbi Campbell became the first person to publicly identify as a person living with HIV/AIDS? (2016-12-01)
... that the mascot of an Australian HIV prevention campaign was a condom-wielding superhero? (2025-07-26)
... that HIV/AIDS activist Spencer Cox designed a clinical trial that resulted in the approval of a protease inhibitor? (2013-11-02)
... that the film Dallas Buyers Club is about Ron Woodroof (played by Matthew McConaughey), a real-life AIDS patient who smuggled unapproved pharmaceutical drugs into Texas? (2014-09-16)
... that Portuguese HIV researcher Odette Ferreira flew from Lisbon to Paris with test tubes of blood in her coat to maintain the right temperature for testing at the Pasteur Institute? (2020-07-25)
... that the newly spreading practice in East Africa of flashblood, injecting oneself with blood of another heroin user to get high, has been called "the most effective way of infecting yourself with HIV"? (2010-07-21)
... that Jim Foster and Madeline D. Davis were the first openly LGBT people to address a major U.S. national political convention when they spoke to the 1972 Democratic National Convention? (2008-12-14)
... that the award-winning film Frank's Cock is split into quadrants to symbolise the "fragmentation of the body" experienced by those with AIDS? (2012-12-01)
... that Dr. Michael S. Gottlieb was instrumental in identifying AIDS in 1981 and thereafter treated actor Rock Hudson for the disease? (2011-03-05)
... that in the mid-1980s, some HIV patients pinned their hopes for survival on an experimental drug called HPA-23? (2017-07-26)
... that Ray Hill has married 12 prisoners' loved ones for them by proxy on his radio show? (2017-07-17)
... that Yinka Jegede-Ekpe, the first Nigerian woman to go public with her HIV-positive status, later gave birth to a healthy, HIV-negative baby girl? (2020-06-08)
... that Marisol loves Julio, but not enough to die for him? (2020-02-11)
... that Khabzela, a 2005 bestselling biography by Liz McGregor, concerns a South African disc jockey who died of AIDS? (2020-01-15)
... that Linda Laubenstein was one of the first physicians in the United States to recognize the AIDS epidemic in the early 1980s? (2017-05-20)
... that in 1997, Princess Diana donated her entire wardrobe to a charity auction organized by AIDS activist Marguerite Littman, which raised more than $3 million? (2020-11-28)
... that playwright Larry Kramer called Rodger McFarlane, the first paid executive director of the Gay Men's Health Crisis, someone who "did more for the gay world than any person has ever done"? (2009-05-23)
... that in 2001, HIV/AIDS campaigner Minoo Mohraz defied a media ban by using the word "condom" on Iranian national television? (2018-09-12)
... that the very first news article on what became known as AIDS appeared in the New York Native, a now defunct gay newspaper in New York City? (2007-12-21)
... that Willi Ninja's distinctive dance style was an inspiration for Madonna's 1990 song "Vogue"? (2006-09-08)
... that Ann Northrop gave up a successful career at CBS to eventually become an AIDS educator for the Hetrick-Martin Institute and co-host of TV news program Gay USA? (2007-10-30)
... that Melahat Okuyan, a Turkish female microbiologist and AIDS activist, once proposed the establishment of male brothels for homosexuals and cross-dressers in order to improve public health? (2017-10-21)
... that after Silence=Death posters (pictured) appeared around Manhattan, William Olander created a New Museum exhibit highlighting public indifference to AIDS victims? (2017-10-03)
... that pediatrician James Oleske was a pioneer in identifying that HIV/AIDS could be a disease in children? (2022-12-30)
... that Alice Ouédraogo runs the International Labour Organization's HIV/AIDS programme? (2017-12-06)
... that sexual-health doctor Mags Portman and activist Greg Owen worked together to provide accessible HIV medication, preventing thousands of new HIV infections in the United Kingdom? (2019-03-10)
... that socialite Judith Peabody was known for clothes she wore from Bill Blass and Donald Brooks, as well as for legal aid to Lenny Bruce and her efforts at Gay Men's Health Crisis for people with AIDS? (2010-08-08)
... that the song "For a Friend" from The Communards' album Red was written in memory of Mark Aston, a friend of the band members, who died from AIDS? (2011-01-13)
... that HIV activist Josh Robbins was diagnosed with HIV while participating in the HIV vaccine research study HVTN 505? (2015-01-09)
... that Ronald Reagan did not publicly mention AIDS until 1985, after more than 5,000 people in the United States had died from it? (2024-05-19)
... that the U.S. Federal Government's largest provider of HIV/AIDS services, the Ryan White Care Act, is named after Ryan White, a teenager who was expelled from his Indiana middle school in 1985 for having AIDS? (2007-09-17)
... that Randy Shilts was the first openly gay man in the mainstream U.S. media? (2007-01-03)
... that Sounds of HIV sets the genome of the HIV/AIDS virus to music? (2014-01-18)
... that the book Tell The Wolves I'm Home follows the life of a girl whose uncle died of AIDS in the 1980s? (2014-03-15)
... that the 1985 manga series Tomoi contains the first depiction of HIV/AIDS in any literary medium in Japan? (2022-08-22)
... that Bruce Voeller coined the term "acquired immune deficiency syndrome"? (2008-10-16)
... that medical researcher Shuping Wang may have saved tens of thousands of lives by defying authorities and exposing an HIV/AIDS scandal in China? (2019-10-20)
... that Diana, Princess of Wales, drove through the night to be with Adrian Ward-Jackson before he died? (2024-03-18)
... that Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque (pictured) assisted in the founding of Malawi's first dental school in 2019? (2022-02-26)
... that Alan Wiggins set a professional baseball stolen base record in 1980, but his team allowed him to be taken by another club in that year's Rule 5 draft? (2015-09-26)
... that American performing artist Nashom Wooden starred in an off-Broadway play titled My Pet Homo with drag queen RuPaul? (2020-04-22)