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Fight AIDS! offers a history of the 20th century queer liberation movement, starting with the Stonewall uprising and with particular focus on AIDS activism. This book is well-written in a way that is accessible to teen/student readers, with short, engaging chapters and an empathetic, educational tone. I especially appreciate how the narrative's focus seeks to empower persons with AIDS (specifically using the nomenclature PWA, rather than "patients" or "victims") by focusing on the mutual aid, community care, and grassroots activism that responded to the AIDS crisis. The book also intersperses political and scientific responses from the earliest cases in the 1970s, focusing especially on the growing protest movements that coalesced in part around ACT UP, culminating in the development of early successful antiretroviral treatments in the 1990s, juggling the different threads well. I found the writing especially moving, and the book is beautifully laid out, including significant political artworks, infographics, and community publications. A fantastic and crucial record of a difficult but pivotal chapter in American queer history.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.