ACT Up!: The War Against HIV in the LGBTQ+ Community

by Rita Santos

Book Overview

The prejudice of the U.S. government and medical community allowed a disease that could have been contained to spread into a global pandemic. Readers will follow this devastating disease from its recently refuted origins in gay communities all the way to the current medical developments. This book will also describe how a powerful LGBTQ+ activist movement diverted its attention to the wreckage caused by the HIV and AIDS crisis of the 1980s and 90s...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1508183066
• ISBN13: 9781508183068
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Rosen Young Adult
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12