http://www.thebody.com/content/75170/in-south-florida-aids-museum-looks-backward-and-fo.html

The World AIDs Museum and Educational Center will have its grad opening in Florida on December 2nd which is the day after world AIDs day. The museum is the first museum dedicated to AIDs. Which raises a lot of questions in my mind. Why did it take so long for one of the most deadly diseases to be recognized in this way? Which lead me to think, what makes AIDs deserving of a museum when other diseases like cancer would almost feel strange in that setting. The answer was instant. AIDs was as much a social epidemic as it was a medical one. Homosexuality could no longer be ignored and suddenly people were being humanized through their own suffering. AIDs as a disease brought more attention and compassion than a lifetime of hate. Which makes this museum as much a museum about gay experience and culture as it does medicine and disease.

Posted by Briana Lynch