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    Gay Men's Health Crisis at 35: A Visual History

    Advocate.com Editors
    08/11/16
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    Joan Tisch at the dedication of GMHC’s Tisch Building.

    Joan Tisch at the dedication of GMHC\u2019s Tisch Building.

    Weeks after The New York Times published its first story on AIDS, in the summer of 1981, a group of men gathered in Larry Kramer's living room to discuss the "gay cancer." With no one else helping, the group formed the Gay Men's Health Crisis and changed history. Now, 35 years later, the organization is still saving lives. Click through to see a visual history of GMHC and check out this piece on its past and future.

    Photo credit: Peter Schaaf

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