They let us die then — and they’re letting us die now. In this powerful episode of HOT AIR, host Joshua Robert draws a chilling line from the government’s silence during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s to today’s deliberate defunding of LGBTQ+ resources — from the shutdown of the 988 suicide hotline’s queer-specific support to attacks on HIV care, trans healthcare bans, and the erasure of LGBTQ+ youth in schools.
