Not Just Gay Men. AIDS Spreads. Fear Grows.

1983: "Groups afflicted with the syndrome include more than 60 heterosexual male and female intravenous drug users, 30 male and female immigrants from Haiti, all heterosexual, and some hemophiliacs who use blood products to combat their illness have been diagnosed." —The New York Times

"One moment there is idle chatter about the Yankees or the new Lucas film. And then suddenly, fear and reason are grappling with the specter of this fatal illness for which there is yet no cure." -New York Magazine

"As imaginations have become infected with paranoia, and superstition, AIDS victims have been fired from their jobs, driven from their homes, and deserted by their loved ones."-- New York Magazine

"Young victims of AIDS have been left in hospitals, some by mothers who have died or are dying of AIDS."—The New York Times

"As of May, there were 722 cases in this city. In two years, that number might reach into the thousands." - New York Magazine