| Source | WBEZ |
|---|---|
| Original Load Date | Feb. 19, 2026, 2:01 p.m. |
| Last Updated | Feb. 19, 2026, 2:01 p.m. |
| Original URL | https://www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-with-sasha-ann-simons/2026/02/19/how-the-late-rev-jesse-jackson-was-a-pioneer-of-the-progressive-movement-and-lgbtq-ally |
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In the early 1980s, health officials became aware of a disease that was
impacting young and healthy gay men in the United States. In 1982, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention described the disease as AIDS for the very
first time. But it took U.S. leaders like then-President Ronald Regan y...