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>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*Understanding AIDS* mailer, 1988[<sup>58</sup>](/exhibits/hiv-aids-and-public-broadcasting/notes#58)
By “the second decade” of the epidemic, rates of HIV/AIDS among heterosexual people, especially women of color and IV drug users, were rising.[<sup>59</sup>](/exhibits/hiv-aids-and-public-broadcasting/notes#59) Gay men were still at the highest risk, but were less often the focus of educational campaigns, news reports, and radio and television programs.[<sup>60</sup>](/exhibits/hiv-aids-and-public-broadcasting/notes#60) AIDS activist Phill Wilson called the focus on women with AIDS at the Tenth International AIDS Conference in 1994 an “‘at-risk group of the year’ approach to epidemiology[<sup>61</sup>](/exhibits/hiv-aids-and-public-broadcasting/notes#61).” While the media often focused on women and heterosexuals with HIV/AIDS, gay and lesbian organizations provided education to their own communities. The national AIDS educational mailer “Understanding AIDS,” based on Surgeon General Koop’s report, did not include any clearly indicated images of gay men and only mentioned them explicitly in statements about how people of all sexualities were at risk. Rather than provide targeted, useful information about the epidemic to gay men, the government and news outlets often focused on how heterosexuals could get HIV.
By “the second decade” of the epidemic, rates of HIV/AIDS among heterosexual people, especially women of color and IV drug users, were rising.[<sup>59</sup>](/exhibits/hiv-aids-and-public-broadcasting/notes#59) Gay men were still at the highest risk, but were less often the focus of educational campaigns, news reports, and radio and television programs.[<sup>60</sup>](/exhibits/hiv-aids-and-public-broadcasting/notes#60) AIDS activist Phill Wilson called the focus on women with AIDS at the Tenth International AIDS Conference in 1994 an “‘at-risk group of the year’ approach to epidemiology.”[<sup>61</sup>](/exhibits/hiv-aids-and-public-broadcasting/notes#61) While the media often focused on women and heterosexuals with HIV/AIDS, gay and lesbian organizations provided education to their own communities. The national AIDS educational mailer “Understanding AIDS,” based on Surgeon General Koop’s report, did not include any clearly indicated images of gay men and only mentioned them explicitly in statements about how people of all sexualities were at risk. Rather than provide targeted, useful information about the epidemic to gay men, the government and news outlets often focused on how heterosexuals could get HIV.

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<caption align="bottom" class="exhibit-caption">On November 7, 1991, basketball star Magic Johnson announced that he was HIV-positive. Herbert Block. “Man, if it could happen to Magic—” Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-hlb-12376]. A 1991 Herblock Cartoon, © The Herb Block Foundation.</caption>
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