On October 15, 1982, at a White House press briefing, reporter Lester Kinsolving asked press secretary Larry Speakes about a horrifying new disease called AIDS that was ravaging the gay community. “What’s AIDS?” Speakes asked. “It’s known as the ‘gay plague,’” Kinsolving replied. Everyone laughed. “I don’t have it,” Speakes replied. “Do you?”
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