‘We were so scared’: Four people who faced the horror of Aids in the 80s – The Guardian

It can take a long time for society to see the past clearly. In the case of the HIV/Aids epidemic of the early 1980s, it has taken almost 40 years. But now, thanks to Russell T Daviess moving five-part Channel 4 drama series, Its a Sin, we are all able to look at a vivid, troubling and yet ultimately uplifting picture of those dark and deadly days.
To younger audiences, it may be shocking to learn just how excluded and hidden the gay community was from mainstream life. Homosexuality had only been…

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