This Los Angeles gay weekly newspaper features an article on the so-called 'Gay Cancer' in November, 1982. The disease had had been given its official name, 'AIDS' less than four months earlier. The article provides news from the Centers for Disease Control, community organizations and doctors about how the disease was spreading. At this point, it was unknown whether a virus caused the illness. The article suggests that readers limit their number of anonymous sexual encounters and avoid hard drugs.
