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>>10037962
same reason i have this saved

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%C3%ABtan_Dugas

>A gay man, Dugas traveled the world and had many sexual liaisons with men.[3][4] At the time, gay culture was largely illegal, underground, and clandestine. Gay bars and gay bath houses were social settings for gay and closeted men to meet. The extent to which "gay cancer" was known about in the early 1980s, how it was spread, or when Dugas was diagnosed are disputed.[3]

>Dugas died in Quebec City on March 30, 1984, as a result of kidney failure caused by AIDS-related infections.[5] Robert Rayford was the first documented victim of HIV/AIDS in North America,[6] and died at age sixteen in May 1969. He reported having experienced symptoms since 1966.

>Dugas is featured prominently in Randy Shilts's book And the Band Played On, which documents the outbreak of the AIDS pandemic in the United States. Shilts portrays Gaëtan Dugas as having almost sociopathic behavior by allegedly intentionally infecting, or at least recklessly endangering, others with the virus. Dugas is described as being a charming, handsome sexual athlete who, according to his own estimation, averaged hundreds of sex partners a year. He claimed to have had over 2,500 sexual partners across North America since becoming sexually active in 1972.[7]