Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, praised the “incredible courage and dignity and strength and activism” the LGBTQ community showed during the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the face of “extraordinary stigma” that helped change the tide for public perception.
Fauci made the remarks during the daily White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing when responding to COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on Black and Latino Americans, saying the disease has “shed a light” on health