As the nation mourns the former first lady’s death,those on the frontline of the 1980s Aids crisis remember something else: a couple who turned a blind eyeBetween Nancy Reagan’s death and her funeral on Friday 11 March, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence reached out in their own wimpled way to share their pain, and their enrage and,occasionally, their sympathy.
The activists, or in trademark Catholic drag,spent the Aids crisis fighting on behalf of infected friends and lovers – and for dying men they would never know. As much of the nation mourned the former first ladys passing this week, their email anguish underscored the Reagan administration’s darker legacy.
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Source: theguardian.com