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Gay-Related Immune Deficiency
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Gay-Related Immune Deficiency
GRID. An early (pre-1984) name for AIDS, based on the link between a collapsed immune system and the known association with male homosexuality
gay-related immune deficiency,
n the term adopted in the 1980s in reference to AIDS, when it was considered to affect only homosexual males.
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In March 1982, The Advocate's Nathan Fain wrote the magazine's first major article on GRID, or gay-related immunodeficiency, which became known as AIDS.
March 18, 1982: Is our "lifestyle" hazardous to our health? by Romesburg, Don / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
 
 
 
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