While June is widely considered as a month of celebration for the LGBTQIA+ community and its allies, for many it’s a painful reminder of the loss or disease of a loved one. Though it began spreading decades before, AIDS tore through the United States in the 1980s and 90s and continued to wreak havoc throughout the world. According to the World Health Organization, over 70 million people have been affected by AIDS, roughly half of which have died.
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