Episode: A Gayblevision Special on A.I.D.S.
Duration: 42:48
Airing date: April 13, 18 1983
Record date: March 12, 1983
Episode Producers: Don Durrell, Don Larventz, Barry Spillman
Accession: GV-034
Documentation of a Vancouver forum for the gay community organized by the newly-formed organization, A.I.D.S. Vancouver, on March 12, 1983. Held at the West End Community Centre.
00:35 Introduction to the Special by host, Michael Papas.
01:54 Dr. Brian Willoughby talks about what A.I.D.S. is thought to be.
06:35 Professor Steven Sachs M.D. What is known about how H.I.V. is transmitted.
11:12 Dr. Michael Maynard. What is known about decreasing risk.
14:35 Paul Popham, New York Gay Men’s Health Crisis discusses the situation in New York, what they know and don’t know.
18:01 Host, Michael Papas, poses the question: given what has happened in New York, as one of Canada’s largest cities, how does Vancouver fit in?
18:15 Audience questions, including a question by Gregory Cutts.
30:32 Questions from Gaëtan Dugas, an early H.I.V. patient who was stigmatized and slandered when it was wrongly asserted he was “Patient Zero”.
37:58 A list of symptoms to watch for.
39:23 Credits
01:54 Dr. Brian Willoughby talks about what A.I.D.S. is thought to be.
06:35 Professor Steven Sachs M.D. What is known about how H.I.V. is transmitted.
11:12 Dr. Michael Maynard. What is known about decreasing risk.
14:35 Paul Popham, New York Gay Men’s Health Crisis discusses the situation in New York, what they know and don’t know.
18:01 Host, Michael Papas, poses the question: given what has happened in New York, as one of Canada’s largest cities, how does Vancouver fit in?
18:15 Audience questions, including a question by Gregory Cutts.
30:32 Questions from Gaëtan Dugas, an early H.I.V. patient who was stigmatized and slandered when it was wrongly asserted he was “Patient Zero”.
37:58 A list of symptoms to watch for.
39:23 Credits