Love Your Asian Body AIDS Activism in Los Angeles

Winner of the Outstanding Achievement in History Award for 2023, presented by the Association for Asian American Studies Defying the AIDS epidemic, Asian American activists sparked a sex-affirming movement The AIDS crisis reshaped life in Los Angeles in the 1980s and 1990s and radicalized a new gene...

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Main Author: Wat, Eric C
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Seattle University of Washington Press 2022
Edition:1
Subjects:
AIDS & HIV
AIDS (Disease)
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects > California > Los Angeles
AIDS activists
AIDS activists > California > Los Angeles > Interviews
American Studies
Asian American gay people > California > Los Angeles > Social conditions
Asian American gays
Asian American gays > California > Los Angeles > Social conditions
Asian American Studies
Asian Americans
Asian Americans > Diseases
Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team
Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team > History
California
Diseases
Ethnic Studies
Gender Studies
Health Sciences
History
HIV infections
HIV infections > Social aspects > California > Los Angeles
Interviews
Los Angeles
MEDICAL
Pacific Islander American gay people > California > Los Angeles > Social conditions
Pacific Islander American gays
Pacific Islander American gays > California > Los Angeles > Social conditions
Pacific Islander Americans
Pacific Islander Americans > Diseases
Social aspects
Social conditions
SOCIAL SCIENCE
ISBN:9780295749334, 0295749334, 9780295749341, 0295749342, 0295749326, 9780295749327
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Summary:Winner of the Outstanding Achievement in History Award for 2023, presented by the Association for Asian American Studies Defying the AIDS epidemic, Asian American activists sparked a sex-affirming movement The AIDS crisis reshaped life in Los Angeles in the 1980s and 1990s and radicalized a new generation of queer Asian Americans with a broad vision of health equity and sexual freedom. Even amid the fear and grief, Asian American AIDS activists created an infrastructure of care that centered the most stigmatized and provided diverse immigrant communities with the health resources and information they needed. Without a formal blueprint, these young organizers often had to be creative and agitational, and together they reclaimed the pleasure in sex and fostered inclusivity, regardless of HIV status. A community memoir, Love Your Asian Body connects the deeply personal with the uncompromisingly political in telling the stories of more than thirty Asian American AIDS activists. In those early years of the epidemic, these activists became caregivers, social workers, nurses, researchers, and advocates for those living with HIV. And for many, the AIDS epidemic sparked the beginning of their continued work to build multiracial coalitions and confront broader systemic inequities. Detailing the intertwined realities of race and sexuality in AIDS activism, Love Your Asian Body offers a vital portrait of a movement founded on joy.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-271) and index
ISBN:9780295749334
0295749334
9780295749341
0295749342
0295749326
9780295749327
DOI:10.2307/j.ctv27957g5