Just a Little Lovin'

It was the summer AIDS came to New York City

The 1970s have been a decade of women’s liberation, youth rebellion, anti-war protests and sexual promiscuity. The early 1980s are time of a resurgent conservative movement, with President Ronald Reagan as its sunny face. Gay men are migrating to New York to become part of the vibrant and hedonistic scene in Greenwich Village. Unknown to everyone, however, the HIV virus has started spreading in the city. An article in the New York Times described a mysterious “gay cancer”, but its cause remains still unknown…