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Poolhouse: Special series intro 00:-08:32

Ed’s Story: 08:32

POOLHOUSE’s SHOW NOTES:

If you haven’t already, please tune in to Ep. 36, the de facto beginning of this series. This episode contains Nick’s presentation on the likelihood of an HIV lab origin, as well as a discussion on the implications of Nick’s research. There is also a plethora of resources for more information on this topic:

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SCENES FROM A LIFE: SNAPSHOTS FROM ED’S STORY

The Advocate, Feb. 1990

Executive Realness:

2001 | Gay Pocket Guide cover:

“Six months after recovering from pneumonia. I’m always pushing myself.” —Edward

U = U Campaign

https://www.niaid.nih.gov/diseases-conditions/treatment-prevention

Source: Harford County, MD Public Health Department

The Saint NYC: Under the Dome

The "Yankee Stadium” of gay discos, the legendary Manhattan venue known as The Saint was at the epicenter of homosexual subculture in the 1980s. The years of its operation closely mirrors the timeline of the AIDS crisis.

Please let it be known: in the 1970s-1980s, there existed urban centers where literally tens of thousands of homosexuals assembled on a weekly if not nightly basis. These were not the rinky-dink clubs, they were enormous palladiums, packed to the brim with actual gay people in real spaces. Does any such parallel exist today?

“The Saint Opens as AIDS looms” - https://thestarryeye.typepad.com/gay/2012/09/the-saint-opens-as-aids-looms-september-20-1981-.html

Each Disco II-era NYC nightlife hotspots catered to its own crowd. Unlike the Paradise Garage, whose crowd was also gay but largely black and latino, or Danceteria and The Pyramid Club, whose downtown crowds were perhaps a bit more diverse and arty, The Saint catered explicitly to white homosexual urbanites. The musclebound, close-cropped crew cut + mustachioed look that I have previously called the “ACT-UP Aesthetic” was very much expressed by patrons of this infamous discotheque.

Science of Mind - Louise Hay

https://www.louisehay.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/science-of-mindarticle20091212.pdf

EPISODE HIT PARADE:

Diana Ross - Chain Reaction (Special Dance Mix)

Yazoo - Situation (US 12” Francois K Dub Mix)

Sylvester - Band of Gold (12” Remix)

Shawn Benson - Seclusion

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