Angels in America: Tony Kushner's Play - LGBTQ Rights & AIDS
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Context - Tony Kushner as a gay Jew - 20th century: homosexuality as a fundamental orientation rather than a specific act - after World War Two: modern gay right´s movement o 1950s and 60: Gay bars and political organizations existed mostly in secret in the o New York Citys Stonewall riot in 1969: growing openness among gays and greater public acceptance. - 1970s: gay lives flourished - 80s: period of retrenchment and tragedy o Fist cases of AIDS diagnosed among gay men in 1981 o within ten years more than 100,000 people died of the disease in the U.S. à epidemic, ignorance and fear resulted in widespread discrimination against AIDS patients à national media reported the story in a sensationalistic manner à Gays anger about the mainstream reaction to AIDS became interlinked with political frustration, as…[show more]