HIV/AIDS Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Media portrayal=== {{Main|Media portrayal of HIV/AIDS}} One of the first high-profile cases of AIDS was the American gay actor [[Rock Hudson]]. He had been diagnosed during 1984, announced that he had had the virus on July 25, 1985, and died a few months later on October 2, 1985.<ref name="autogenerated4">{{cite web |last=Berger |first=Joseph |date=October 3, 1985 |title=Rock Hudson, Screen Idol, Dies at 59 |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/aids/100385sci-aids.html |access-date=November 6, 2022 |website=[[The New York Times]] |archive-date=July 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728124316/http://partners.nytimes.com/library/national/science/aids/100385sci-aids.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Another notable British casualty of AIDS that year was [[Nicholas Eden, 2nd Earl of Avon|Nicholas Eden]], a gay politician and son of former prime minister [[Anthony Eden]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Coleman |first=Brian |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/brian-coleman/2007/06/lady-thatcher-gay-tory |title=Thatcher the gay icon |work=[[New Statesman]] |date=June 25, 2007 |access-date=November 1, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114044756/http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/brian-coleman/2007/06/lady-thatcher-gay-tory |archive-date=November 14, 2011 }}</ref> On November 24, 1991, British rock star [[Freddie Mercury]] died from an AIDS-related illness, having revealed the diagnosis only on the previous day.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/24/newsid_2546000/2546945.stm |title=November 24, 1991: Giant of rock dies |work=BBC On This Day |publisher=BBC News |access-date=November 1, 2011 |date=November 24, 1991 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021020133/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/24/newsid_2546000/2546945.stm |archive-date=October 21, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> One of the first high-profile heterosexual cases of the virus was American tennis player [[Arthur Ashe]]. He was diagnosed as HIV-positive on August 31, 1988, having contracted the virus from blood transfusions during heart surgery earlier in the 1980s. Further tests within 24 hours of the initial diagnosis revealed that Ashe had AIDS, but he did not tell the public about his diagnosis until April 1992.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bliss |first=Dominic |url=http://www.itennisstore.com/Tennis-Latest-News/FROZEN-IN-TIME--ARTHUR-ASHE-by-Dominic-Bliss.aspx |title=Frozen In Time: Arthur Ashe |website=iTENNISstore.com |access-date=June 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730170201/http://www.itennisstore.com/Tennis-Latest-News/FROZEN-IN-TIME--ARTHUR-ASHE-by-Dominic-Bliss.aspx |archive-date=July 30, 2013 }}</ref> He died as a result on February 6, 1993, aged 49.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/tributes-to-arthur-ashe-1471622.html |title=Tributes to Arthur Ashe |location=London |work=[[The Independent]] |date=February 8, 1993 |access-date=July 24, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111124842/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/tributes-to-arthur-ashe-1471622.html |archive-date=November 11, 2012 }}</ref> Therese Frare's photograph of gay activist [[David Kirby (activist)|David Kirby]], as he lay dying from AIDS while surrounded by family, was taken in April 1990. ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' magazine said the photo became the one image "most powerfully identified with the HIV/AIDS epidemic." The photo was displayed in ''Life'', was the winner of the [[World Press Photo]], and acquired worldwide notoriety after being used in a [[United Colors of Benetton]] advertising campaign in 1992.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cosgrove |first=Ben |title=Behind the Picture: The Photo That Changed the Face of AIDS |url=http://life.time.com/history/behind-the-picture-the-photo-that-changed-the-face-of-aids/#1 |website=LIFE magazine |access-date=August 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814045129/http://life.time.com/history/behind-the-picture-the-photo-that-changed-the-face-of-aids/#1 |archive-date=August 14, 2012 }}</ref> Many famous artists and AIDS activists such as [[Larry Kramer]], [[Diamanda Galás]] and [[Rosa von Praunheim]]<ref name="DeutscheWelle">{{cite web |title=Germany's most famous gay rights activist: Rosa von Praunheim |url=http://www.dw.com/en/germanys-most-famous-gay-rights-activist-filmmaker-rosa-von-praunheim-at-75/a-41514818 |work=[[Deutsche Welle]] |access-date=June 14, 2018 |archive-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723132748/https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-most-famous-gay-rights-activist-filmmaker-rosa-von-praunheim-at-75/a-41514818 |url-status=live }}</ref> campaign for AIDS education and the rights of those affected. 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