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Reggie Williams (activist)
Reggie Williams (April 29, 1951 – February 7, 1999) was an American AIDS activist, who fought for culturally relevant AIDS education and services for gay and bisexual men of color. Williams served as a board member for the National Association of Black and White Men Together and as the first executive director of the National Task Force on AIDS Prevention. Early life Reggie Williams was born on April 29, 1951, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated from Withrow High School in 1969. Career Williams became an X-ray technician and in the early 1970s moved to Los Angeles, where he worked at Cedars Sinai Hospital. In 1981 he moved to San Francisco with Tim Isbell, his boyfriend at the time, and began working as an X-ray technician at the University of California Medical Center. In 1984, Williams began organizing in San Francisco to address the AIDS epidemic among Black gay men and other gay men of color, at around the same time that similar efforts were getting underway in Los Ange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AIDS
Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual may not notice any symptoms, or may experience a brief period of influenza-like illness. Typically, this is followed by a prolonged incubation period with no symptoms. If the infection progresses, it interferes more with the immune system, increasing the risk of developing common infections such as tuberculosis, as well as other opportunistic infections, and tumors which are rare in people who have normal immune function. These late symptoms of infection are referred to as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). This stage is often also associated with unintended weight loss. HIV is spread primarily by unprotected sex (including anal and vaginal sex), contaminated blood transfusions, hypodermic needles, and from mother to ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
