Anthony Petro, Author at Religion News Service https://religionnews.com Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Sat, 07 Sep 2024 12:39:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Anthony Petro, Author at Religion News Service https://religionnews.com 32 32 How HIV/AIDS got its name − the words Americans used for the crisis were steeped in science, stigma and religious language https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/how-hiv-aids-got-its-name-%e2%88%92-words-americans-used-for-the-crisis-were-steeped-in-science-and-stigma/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/how-hiv-aids-got-its-name-%e2%88%92-words-americans-used-for-the-crisis-were-steeped-in-science-and-stigma/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2024 14:41:39 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164788&preview=true&preview_id=4164788 (The Conversation) — The nascent LGBTQ+ rights movement and the Christian right each strongly shaped the early years of HIV/AIDS, a historian explains.

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