SOC309Y1 Lecture : Early Crisis and Moral Panic 1980s
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Lecture 3 early crisis, moral panic: the 1980s. This emerged when regan was president in the united states. A time when human rights, (there was alot of discourse, particularly homosexualities) it was just removed from the dsm which meant it was no longer a mental disability. In canada first country outside of europe to decriminalize homosexuality: pierre trudeau the state has no business in the bedrooms . A desease that first strikes gay men. Affected gay men, heroine users and patients, and sex offenders: alot of people who already suffered through stigma and public reactions, transmitted through sexual interaction and needles. Very stigmatized illness that sets off panic, since it attacks the body and works fast. Aids brought people out of the closet quickly because it was usually amongst them. 1987 video on oprah the aids epidemic. Young man with aids moved to a small town in america.
