1. Dennis Altman, The Homosexualization of America (Boston: Beacon, 1983), ch. 2.

2. Dennis Altman, Homosexual : Oppression and Liberation (New York: Avon, 1972); for the relationship between gay liberation and earlier gay organizations, see John d' Emilio, Sexual Politics , Sexual Communities (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983).

3. Dennis Altman, "The Impact of AIDS," British Medical Bulletin 44 (1987).

4. Peter Arno and R. Hughes, "Local Responses to the AIDS Epidemic: New York and San Francisco" (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the APHA, Washington, D.C., November 1985).

5. For an overview of the city's response, see K. Leishman, "A Crisis in Public Health," Atlantic , 1985, 18-41.

6. See A. Scitovsky, M. Cline, and P. Lee, "Medical Care Costs of AIDS Patients in San Francisco," in AIDS : Public Policy Dimensions , ed. J. Griggs (New York: United Hospital Fund, 1987), and L. Tempshok, D. Sweet, and J. Zich, "A Three-City Comparison of the Public's Knowledge and Awareness About AIDS," Psychology and Health (forthcoming).

7. See S. Waldman, "The Other AIDS Crisis," Washington Monthly , 1986, 25-31.

8. See Institute of Medicine and National Academy of Science, Confronting AIDS (Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1986); P. Lee and P. Arno, "AIDS and Health Policy," AIDS : Public Policy Dimensions , ed. J. Griggs.

9. "Bishops Condemn 'Condom Culture' in AIDS Campaign," Melbourne Herald , 20 May 1987.

10. Surgeon General ' s Report on AIDS (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Public Health Service, 1986), 30.

11. National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, news release, Washington, D.C., 5 February 1987.

12. See S. McCombie, "The Cultural Impact of the AIDS Test," Social Science and Medicine 23 (1986): 455-459.

13. See e.g., G. Bell, "AIDS in Australia," Sydney Bulletin , 17 March 1987; Gawenda, "AIDS: Reaping Responsibility," The Age (Melbourne), 2 May 1987.

14. See Mark Vandervelden, "Colorado Legislature Approves Mandatory AIDS Reporting Law," The Advocate , 26 May 1987.

15. See Dennis Altman, AIDS in the Mind of America (Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor/Doubleday, 1986), 146-155.

16. See P. Tatchell, AIDS : A Guide to Survival (London: Gay Men's Press, 1986), 97-101; M. Somerville, "Structuring the Legal and Ethical Issues Raised by AIDS," in AIDS : Social Policy , Ethics and the Law (Monash: Monash University Centre for Human Bioethics, 1986).

17. "Frighten and be Fired," The Economist , 28 June 1986.

18. See "Facing the AIDS Crisis," Newsweek , 9 June 1987.

19. "LaRouche Initiative Stopped Dead," New York Native , 17 November 1986, 6.

20. "Jones Plans Introduction of AIDS Law," Wellington Dominion , 30 May 1987.

21. A. Sniderman, B. Wolfinger, D. Mutz, and J. Wiley, "Values under Pressure" (Paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 1986).

22. "AIDS Bogy Foils Labor Bill," Weekend Australian , 20 June 1987.

23. See "The AIDS Epidemic and Business," Business Week , 23 March 1987, 62.

24. See Margaret Duckett, Australia ' s Response to AIDS (Canberra: Department of Health, 1986).

25. See R. Goldstein, "The Hidden Epidemic: AIDS and Race," Village Voice , 10 March 1987.

26. "See the Open Letter" by Larry Kramer, New York Native , 26 January 1987, and responses in the 9 and 16 February issues.

27. Simon Watney, "The Politics of AIDS," City Limits (March 1987).

28. "Gay Health Conference; The Advocate , 28 April 1987.

29. Daniel M. Fox, "AIDS and the American Health Polity," Milbank Quarterly 64 (1986): 7-33.

30. A. Sanzio, "Splendeurs et misères des gais 80 . . . " Masques 25-26 (1985): 59.

31. W. Franklin, "Italian Fast-Tracking," The Advocate , 17 March 1987,32.

32. Lionel Poverb, "La mitre on la copote?" Gai Pied Hebdo 258 (Paris), 21 February 1987.

33. Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America , abr. ver., ed. Andrew Hacker (New York: Washington Square Press, 1964), 181.

34. See Altman, AIDS in the Mind of America , 178.

35. See R. Meislin, "AIDS Said to Increase Bias against Homosexuals," New York Times , 20 January 1986.

36. "Gays Testify on Homophobic Violence," The Advocate , 11 November 1986.

37. Allan M. Brandt, No Magic Bullet , rev. ed. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1987), 194.