Description: Massachusetts State Representatives speak pro and con on gay rights anti-discrimination bill. Reps. Salvatore Dimasi, Roger Goyette, Susan Schur, Philip Travis, Eleanor Myerson, James Miceli, Francis Woodward, Thomas Vallely, Willian Robinson. The debate focuses mainly on discrimination against gay people in the workplace, but also touches on AIDS and gay foster care rights.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/23/1985
Description: AIDS FILM USED IN BOSTON SCHOOLS, Q+A AT MADISON PARK HIGH
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/03/1987
Description: HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TRY TO ADDRESS ONSLAUGHT OF BOSTON AIDS CASES
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/30/1987
Description: AIDS projections for Boston exceed capacity of health facilities. Experimental drug for pneumonia AP (aerosolized pentamidine) withheld at Mass General. Protesters lie on sidewalk. Fenway Community Health Center.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/25/1988
Description: Boston City Council votes to accept needle exchange plan to reduce transmission of AIDS. Dapper O'Neil creates a fuss. Bruce Bolling, David Scondras, Ray Flynn. Drug paraphernalia, shooting up.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/27/1988
Description: Boston conference on AIDS looks at spread of the disease in New England. Transmission now more common among needle users than gays. Mass. lauded for testing & education. Protesters at Dukakis' house.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/02/1988
Description: AIDS quilt, result of The Names Project, is displayed in Boston. Sections made by friends and relatives to commemorate people who died of AIDS.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/16/1988
Description: Gay activists protest at Bush headquarters in Boston to demand more attention and funding for AIDS.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/01/1988
Description: Man with AIDS undergoes experimental treatment (CD4) at Mass. General Hospital. Thus far, he suffers no poor side effects. Nurse puts blood pressure cuff on patient. Clinical trial.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/29/1988
Description: Campaign based on rap song "Jimmy Hat" advises teens to use condoms to protect against AIDS. Deborah Prothrow-Stith. ABCD wants the public service ads on the T. Trolley doors close.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/31/1989