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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). [BACK]

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

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). [BACK]

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

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). [BACK]

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

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. [BACK]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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). [BACK]

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

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

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

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

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). [BACK]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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