1987

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1987

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  • ACT UP organized, New York City
  • President Reagan’s first speech on HIV and AIDS
  • Helms Amendment bars federal funds for health information “promoting homosexuality”
  • Quilt displayed in Washington, D.C.
  • HIV and AIDS added to immigration restriction list
  • 49,743 cases of AIDS reported; 28,149 deaths, cumulative totals