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- RANDY {LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:600;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}} A{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;} A:HOVER{LOR:#A00000;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}RANDY SHILTS WAS A JOURNALIST AND THOR WHO VERED ISSU IMPORTANT TO THE LGBT MUNY, CLUDG THE BEGNG OF THE AIDS EPIMIC THE UNED {LOR:#323232;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;} SPAN{FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;}{FONT-STYLE:NORMAL;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:RALAS,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.3;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;TEXT-TRANSFORM:PALIZE;}{DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;MARG-LEFT:0.625REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}UPDATED: JUN 3, {DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;}{MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 64REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(100VW - (1REM * 2));MARG-LEFT:1REM;MARG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(-1 * 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - (LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 2 * 1REM)) / -2);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 90REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / 2);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / -2) - 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 2);MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 + 1REM)) / -2) - LC(2 * 1REM));}[DATA-HAS-SPONSOR] {MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);MARG-RIGHT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);}}{JTIFY-SELF:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG-LEFT:-50VW;MARG-RIGHT:-50VW;WIDTH:100VW;LEFT:50%;RIGHT:50%;}}{HEIGHT:TO;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO LC(50% - 50VW);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO;}}{POSN:RELATIVE;HEIGHT:TO;}{POSN:RELATIVE;--POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:TO;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;} A{POSN:ABSOLUTE;}{POSN:RELATIVE;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;VERTIL-ALIGN:TOP;}{BACKGROUND:#C92228;BOTTOM:0;PADDG:.5REM;RIGHT:0;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG:0.39REM;}}{DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:1REM;WIDTH:1REM;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{WIDTH:1.063REM;HEIGHT:1.063REM;}}{LE-HEIGHT:1;MARG-TOP:0.3125REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0;}}{LOR:#595959;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}PHOTO: KARL GEHRG/THE DENVER POST VIA GETTY {FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:3.5REM;PADDG-RIGHT:3.5REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MAX-WIDTH:45.25REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 100REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}} EM{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}{CLEAR:BOTH;NTENT:" ";DISPLAY:BLOCK;FONT-SIZE:0.7REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.5REM;HEIGHT:0REM;VISIBILY:HIDN;}{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;} EM{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}(1951-1994){LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:800;LETTER-SPACG:0.02EM;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;MARG-TOP:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;}WHO WAS RANDY SHILTS?RANDY SHILTS WAS ONE OF {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;} FIRST OPENLY GAY JOURNALISTS TO WRE FOR A MAJOR NEWSPAPER. HIS WRG FOCED ON LGBT ISSU, CLUDG THE STGGLE FOR GAY RIGHTS. HE WAS THE THOR OF AND THE BAND PLAYED ON: POLICS, PEOPLE AND THE AIDS EPIMIC (1987), A BTSELLER ABOUT THE START OF AMERI'S AIDS EPIMIC. THE BOOK MA SHILTS A TSTED MENTATOR ON AIDS, TO THE POT THAT HE WAS THE CLOSG SPEAKER AT 1989'S FIFTH INTERNATNAL AIDS CONFERENCE MONTREAL. SHILTS ALSO WROTE THE MAYOR OF CASTRO STREET: THE LIFE AND TIM OF HARVEY MILK (1982) AND THE BTSELLG CONDUCT UNBEG: LBIANS AND GAYS THE U.S. MILARY, VIETNAM TO THE PERSIAN GULF (1993).EARLY LIFE AND EDUTNRANDY MART SHILTS WAS BORN DAVENPORT, IOWA, ON AUGT 8, 1951. SHILTS WAS THE THIRD OF SIX SONS BORN TO BUD AND NORMA SHILTS. HE WAS RAISED A POLILLY NSERVATIVE AND RELIG ENVIRONMENT AURORA, ILLOIS. SHILTS' MOTHER WAS AN ALHOLIC WHO ULD BE PHYSILLY AND EMOTNALLY ABIVE.WHEN ME TIME FOR LLEGE, SHILTS MOVED TO OREGON, WHERE HE ATTEND PORTLAND COMMUNY COLLEGE AND THE UNIVERSY OF OREGON. WHILE SCHOOL HE ME OUT OF THE CLOSET. HE EDED THE STUNT PAPER AT THE UNIVERSY OF OREGON AND GRADUATED WH A JOURNALISM GREE 1975.JOURNALISM CAREERSHILTS NTUED TO BE OPEN ABOUT HIS SEXUALY WHILE PURSUG A REPORTG REER, WHICH MA DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO FD WORK. EVENTUALLY, HE LAND A JOB AT THE ADVOTE, A GAY AND LBIAN PUBLITN. HE FIRST WORKED OREGON, THEN SAN FRANCIS, REMAG AT THE ADVOTE UNTIL 1978. IN SAN FRANCIS, HE ALSO SERVED AS A NTRIBUTOR AT A PUBLIC TELEVISN AND AN PENNT TV STATN UNTIL 1980.WHEN SHILTS JOED THE SAN FRANCIS CHRONICLE 1981 HE WAS THE PUBLITN'S FIRST OPENLY GAY JOURNALIST. HE HAD BEEN HIRED TO VER ISSU THE GAY MUNY, THOUGH HE ALSO REPORTED OTHER STORI. AS PART OF HIS BEAT, HE WROTE ABOUT THE GROWG NUMBER OF IMMUNE SYSTEM-RELATED DISEAS OCCURRG GAY MEN SAN FRANCIS. SHILTS GRASPED THE SIGNIFINCE OF THE VELOPG STORY AND NVCED THE PAPER TO LET HIM REPORT ON FULL-TIME.IN HIS WRG, SHILTS EVENTUALLY PHED FOR BATHHOE CLOSUR TO STEM THE SPREAD OF AIDS. THIS STANCE ALIENATED HIM OM THOSE THE GAY MUNY WHO RISTED LIMS ON SEXUAL EEDOMS. SOME DUBBED SHILTS A "GAY UNCLE TOM." IN 1984, SHILTS EXPLAED, "GAY ACTIVISTS MAY BE ABLE TO BULLSH SOME REPORTER OM THE LOS ANGEL TIM BY TELLG HIM THAT THE BATHS DON'T PLAY ANY ROLE THE AIDS EPIMIC, BUT THEY N'T BULLSH ME, BEE I KNOW WHAT GO ON THE BATHHO. I ED TO GO THERE MYSELF."BOOKSFOLLOWG THE 1978 ASSASSATN OF HARVEY MILK, ONE OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY POLICIANS TO W PUBLIC OFFICE, SHILTS WROTE THE MAYOR OF CASTRO STREET: THE LIFE AND TIM OF HARVEY MILK (1982). THE BOOK WAS A BGRAPHY OF MILK, WH WHOM SHILTS HAD BEEN IENDLY, THAT ALSO VERED THE GROWG POLIL POWER OF THE LGBT MUNY SAN FRANCIS.SHILTS' NEXT BOOK WAS AND THE BAND PLAYED ON: POLICS, PEOPLE AND THE AIDS EPIMIC (1987). IN HE ADDRSED THE BEGNG OF AMERI'S AIDS EPIMIC, THE IMPACT ON THE GAY MUNY AND THE DIFFERENT ERNMENT RPONSE. AND THE BAND PLAYED ON BEME A BTSELLER AND WAS ADAPTED TO A TV MOVIE THAT AIRED 1993. THE BOOK HAS BEEN CRICIZED FOR S PICTN OF GAETAN DUGAS, A CANADIAN FLIGHT ATTENDANT, AS "PATIENT ZERO." DUGAS WAS ASSOCIATED WH A CLTER OF AIDS S LOS ANGEL BUT DID NOT TRODUCE HIV TO NORTH AMERI OR E S SPREAD THE UNED STAT.IN HIS FAL BOOK, CONDUCT UNBEG: LBIANS AND GAYS THE U.S. MILARY, VIETNAM TO THE PERSIAN GULF (1993), SHILTS LVED TO THE DISCRIMATN AND PERSECUTN FACED BY LBIANS AND GAYS TRYG TO SERVE THE U.S. ARY. HE WAS SPIRED TO TACKLE THE TOPIC BEE HE FELT, "THE ARY ISSUE IS A WAY OF SHOWG THE EXTENT TO WHICH PREJUDICE SHAP THE LIV OF GAY PEOPLE." WHILE WRG THE BOOK, HE VELOPED AIDS. SHILTS FISHED CONDUCT UNBEG WHILE THE HOSPAL WH A LLAPSED LUNG.CONDUCT UNBEG NTAED ANONYMO PICTNS OF CLOSETED FOUR-STAR GENERALS, RULTG CRICISM OF SHILTS FOR NOT OUTG THEM. HE BELIEVED THAT INTIFYG PUBLIC FIGUR AS GAY WHOUT THEIR NSENT WAS WRONG.SHILTS TEND FOR HIS NEXT BOOK'S TOPIC TO BE HOMOSEXUALY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.BGRAPHYA BGRAPHY OF SHILTS TLED THE JOURNALIST OF CASTRO STREET: THE LIFE OF RANDY SHILTS WAS PUBLISHED 2019.HIV AND AIDSSHILTS RECEIVED AN HIV-POSIVE DIAGNOSIS MARCH 1987. HE'D ASKED HIS DOCTOR TO WA UNTIL AND THE BAND PLAYED ON WAS FISHED TO GIVE HIM THE NEWS, AS HE DID NOT WANT HIS OWN HEALTH STAT TO AFFECT HIS WRG. THOUGH IALLY DNTED BY THE DIAGNOSIS, SHILTS SOON STARTED HIS NEXT BOOK, CONDUCT UNBEG.IN 1992, SHILTS' ILLNS TURNED TO AIDS. HE VELOPED PNMONIA AND KAPOSI'S SARA, A NCER THAT OCCURRED DUE TO HIS WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEM. HOWEVER, SHILTS DID NOT PUBLICLY SHARE HIS DIAGNOSIS UNTIL 1993. HE EXPLAED, "EVERY GAY WRER WHO TTS POSIVE ENDS UP BEG AN AIDS ACTIVIST, AND I DON'T WANT TO END UP BEG AN ACTIVIST. I WANTED TO KEEP ON BEG A REPORTER."PERSONAL LIFEIN HIS ADULT LIFE SHILTS BATTLED ALHOL AND DG ADDICTN. ON MEMORIAL DAY 1993, SHILTS HELD A CIVIL MMENT CEREMONY WH PARTNER BARRY BARBIERI.DEATHSHILTS DIED AT THE AGE OF 42 GUERNEVILLE, CALIFORNIA, ON FEBARY 17, 1994. THE E OF ATH WAS AIDS. THE WTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH PICKETED HIS {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
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HIS WRG FOCED ON LGBT ISSU, CLUDG THE STGGLE FOR GAY RIGHTS. HE WAS THE THOR OF AND THE BAND PLAYED ON: POLICS, PEOPLE AND THE AIDS EPIMIC (1987), A BTSELLER ABOUT THE START OF AMERI'S AIDS EPIMIC. THE BOOK MA SHILTS A TSTED MENTATOR ON AIDS, TO THE POT THAT HE WAS THE CLOSG SPEAKER AT 1989'S FIFTH INTERNATNAL AIDS CONFERENCE MONTREAL. SHILTS ALSO WROTE THE MAYOR OF CASTRO STREET: THE LIFE AND TIM OF HARVEY MILK (1982) AND THE BTSELLG CONDUCT UNBEG: LBIANS AND GAYS THE U.S. MILARY, VIETNAM TO THE PERSIAN GULF (1993).EARLY LIFE AND EDUTNRANDY MART SHILTS WAS BORN DAVENPORT, IOWA, ON AUGT 8, 1951. SHILTS WAS THE THIRD OF SIX SONS BORN TO BUD AND NORMA SHILTS. HE WAS RAISED A POLILLY NSERVATIVE AND RELIG ENVIRONMENT AURORA, ILLOIS. SHILTS' MOTHER WAS AN ALHOLIC WHO ULD BE PHYSILLY AND EMOTNALLY ABIVE.WHEN ME TIME FOR LLEGE, SHILTS MOVED TO OREGON, WHERE HE ATTEND PORTLAND COMMUNY COLLEGE AND THE UNIVERSY OF OREGON. WHILE SCHOOL HE ME OUT OF THE CLOSET. HE EDED THE STUNT PAPER AT THE UNIVERSY OF OREGON AND GRADUATED WH A JOURNALISM GREE 1975.JOURNALISM CAREERSHILTS NTUED TO BE OPEN ABOUT HIS SEXUALY WHILE PURSUG A REPORTG REER, WHICH MA DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO FD WORK. EVENTUALLY, HE LAND A JOB AT THE ADVOTE, A GAY AND LBIAN PUBLITN. HE FIRST WORKED OREGON, THEN SAN FRANCIS, REMAG AT THE ADVOTE UNTIL 1978. IN SAN FRANCIS, HE ALSO SERVED AS A NTRIBUTOR AT A PUBLIC TELEVISN AND AN PENNT TV STATN UNTIL 1980.WHEN SHILTS JOED THE SAN FRANCIS CHRONICLE 1981 HE WAS THE PUBLITN'S FIRST OPENLY GAY JOURNALIST. HE HAD BEEN HIRED TO VER ISSU THE GAY MUNY, THOUGH HE ALSO REPORTED OTHER STORI. AS PART OF HIS BEAT, HE WROTE ABOUT THE GROWG NUMBER OF IMMUNE SYSTEM-RELATED DISEAS OCCURRG GAY MEN SAN FRANCIS. SHILTS GRASPED THE SIGNIFINCE OF THE VELOPG STORY AND NVCED THE PAPER TO LET HIM REPORT ON FULL-TIME.IN HIS WRG, SHILTS EVENTUALLY PHED FOR BATHHOE CLOSUR TO STEM THE SPREAD OF AIDS. THIS STANCE ALIENATED HIM OM THOSE THE GAY MUNY WHO RISTED LIMS ON SEXUAL EEDOMS. SOME DUBBED SHILTS A "GAY UNCLE TOM." IN 1984, SHILTS EXPLAED, "GAY ACTIVISTS MAY BE ABLE TO BULLSH SOME REPORTER OM THE LOS ANGEL TIM BY TELLG HIM THAT THE BATHS DON'T PLAY ANY ROLE THE AIDS EPIMIC, BUT THEY N'T BULLSH ME, BEE I KNOW WHAT GO ON THE BATHHO. I ED TO GO THERE MYSELF."BOOKSFOLLOWG THE 1978 ASSASSATN OF HARVEY MILK, ONE OF THE FIRST OPENLY GAY POLICIANS TO W PUBLIC OFFICE, SHILTS WROTE THE MAYOR OF CASTRO STREET: THE LIFE AND TIM OF HARVEY MILK (1982). THE BOOK WAS A BGRAPHY OF MILK, WH WHOM SHILTS HAD BEEN IENDLY, THAT ALSO VERED THE GROWG POLIL POWER OF THE LGBT MUNY SAN FRANCIS.SHILTS' NEXT BOOK WAS AND THE BAND PLAYED ON: POLICS, PEOPLE AND THE AIDS EPIMIC (1987). IN HE ADDRSED THE BEGNG OF AMERI'S AIDS EPIMIC, THE IMPACT ON THE GAY MUNY AND THE DIFFERENT ERNMENT RPONSE. AND THE BAND PLAYED ON BEME A BTSELLER AND WAS ADAPTED TO A TV MOVIE THAT AIRED 1993. THE BOOK HAS BEEN CRICIZED FOR S PICTN OF GAETAN DUGAS, A CANADIAN FLIGHT ATTENDANT, AS "PATIENT ZERO." DUGAS WAS ASSOCIATED WH A CLTER OF AIDS S LOS ANGEL BUT DID NOT TRODUCE HIV TO NORTH AMERI OR E S SPREAD THE UNED STAT.IN HIS FAL BOOK, CONDUCT UNBEG: LBIANS AND GAYS THE U.S. MILARY, VIETNAM TO THE PERSIAN GULF (1993), SHILTS LVED TO THE DISCRIMATN AND PERSECUTN FACED BY LBIANS AND GAYS TRYG TO SERVE THE U.S. ARY. HE WAS SPIRED TO TACKLE THE TOPIC BEE HE FELT, "THE ARY ISSUE IS A WAY OF SHOWG THE EXTENT TO WHICH PREJUDICE SHAP THE LIV OF GAY PEOPLE." WHILE WRG THE BOOK, HE VELOPED AIDS. SHILTS FISHED CONDUCT UNBEG WHILE THE HOSPAL WH A LLAPSED LUNG.CONDUCT UNBEG NTAED ANONYMO PICTNS OF CLOSETED FOUR-STAR GENERALS, RULTG CRICISM OF SHILTS FOR NOT OUTG THEM. HE BELIEVED THAT INTIFYG PUBLIC FIGUR AS GAY WHOUT THEIR NSENT WAS WRONG.SHILTS TEND FOR HIS NEXT BOOK'S TOPIC TO BE HOMOSEXUALY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.BGRAPHYA BGRAPHY OF SHILTS TLED THE JOURNALIST OF CASTRO STREET: THE LIFE OF RANDY SHILTS WAS PUBLISHED 2019.HIV AND AIDSSHILTS RECEIVED AN HIV-POSIVE DIAGNOSIS MARCH 1987. HE'D ASKED HIS DOCTOR TO WA UNTIL AND THE BAND PLAYED ON WAS FISHED TO GIVE HIM THE NEWS, AS HE DID NOT WANT HIS OWN HEALTH STAT TO AFFECT HIS WRG. THOUGH IALLY DNTED BY THE DIAGNOSIS, SHILTS SOON STARTED HIS NEXT BOOK, CONDUCT UNBEG.IN 1992, SHILTS' ILLNS TURNED TO AIDS. HE VELOPED PNMONIA AND KAPOSI'S SARA, A NCER THAT OCCURRED DUE TO HIS WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEM. HOWEVER, SHILTS DID NOT PUBLICLY SHARE HIS DIAGNOSIS UNTIL 1993. HE EXPLAED, "EVERY GAY WRER WHO TTS POSIVE ENDS UP BEG AN AIDS ACTIVIST, AND I DON'T WANT TO END UP BEG AN ACTIVIST. I WANTED TO KEEP ON BEG A REPORTER."PERSONAL LIFEIN HIS ADULT LIFE SHILTS BATTLED ALHOL AND DG ADDICTN. ON MEMORIAL DAY 1993, SHILTS HELD A CIVIL MMENT CEREMONY WH PARTNER BARRY BARBIERI.DEATHSHILTS DIED AT THE AGE OF 42 GUERNEVILLE, CALIFORNIA, ON FEBARY 17, 1994. THE E OF ATH WAS AIDS. THE WTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH PICKETED HIS {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
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Amerin Charl Perez of ABC News is one to particularly note - he published his book 'Confsns of a Gay News Anchorman' (2011) after his oral of beg fired om a posn Florida when he was intified as beg gay.
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For example, France, there is L'associatn s journalist LGBT, and Ameri there is the Natnal Lbian & Gay Journalists Associatn. Punk their subversn of nventn and celebratn of the absurd, they were also fiantly fun at a time when Print Ronald Reagan wouldn’t so much as say the word “gay” or addrs the fact that AIDS was quickly beg a panmic — one that would claim Ricky as one of s earlit high-profile sualti. Four of the band’s five origal members did, fact, intify as LGBTQ: Ricky, Schneir and Strickland as gay men, and Pierson, who was volved wh a man until the early 2000s, is now married to a woman.
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Shilts, often hailed as one of the natn’s first openly gay reporters for a major daily newspaper, was not the first choice on the list.
As the edors at the San Francis Chronicle began to unrstand that they uld no longer ignore—or ny—that gay people were a major polil, enomic, and social force the muny, the stoic Chronicle took a bold step and sought out an openly gay reporter to ver gay-related stori the cy. The Chronicle already had an unofficial “gay beat” via the work of cy-si reporter Ron Moswz, a wrer who moved over to journalism 1967 after workg as an ai to California ernor Edmund G. Moswz had begun quietly verg gay news as early as 1977 and wrote a noteworthy seri of articl 1979 about a policy of the US Immigratn and Naturalizatn Service that prohibed openly gay tourists om enterg the untry.
Edor Alan Mutter relled that some qutns of objectivy persisted for some, but he and other edors were nsistent their statements to the newspaper’s edorial staff (and to rears) that they saw no nflict of tert havg a gay man report on gay issu, cludg AIDS, a disease epimic primarily impactg gay men. “Everybody went out of their way to be nice and supportive of me, and there had been somebody else the newsroom before me who was gay, so the edors and reporters were iendly, ” Shilts said. Origally assigned to ver general assignment stori, cludg some stori om the gay muny, as a new reporter Shilts took whatever an edor sent his way.
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“That was fe wh me, bee I didn’t want to ver jt gay stuff, even though that was part of what I wanted to do, ” he said.
The story that would fe Shilts’s legacy as a journalist and thor me via overheard nversatns and discsns throughout the gay muny durg his very first days the Chronicle newsroom. Rumors about a “gay ncer” or ser illns affectg the gay muny quickly reached Shilts, who was always tapped to the latt news the gay muny. Marc Conant, a lol rmatologist, was among the lol health profsnals soundg early alarms of a problem as he began to treat more gay men showg symptoms of a rare sk ncer, Kaposi’s sara.
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” He advised, “The Chronicle wants me to keep generally on top of gay muny issu” and ved Conant to share story ias wh him. The report dited that this sometim-fatal versn of pnmonia was showg up among gay men San Francis and other major ci, pecially Los Angel and New York. The report om the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn dited, “The fact that the patients were all homosexuals suggts a nnectn between some aspect of a homosexual liftyle or disease acquired through sexual ntact.