AIDS in the Heartland: How Unlikely Coalitions Created a Blueprint for LGBTQ Politics by Katie Batza Memoir her reflection won’t blink

her reflection won’t blink

once a celebrated fae war hero

kayaking on the lake

He wants to be friends

from 1950s lesbian dinner parties to modern-day Gazan food bloggers

AIDS in the Heartland: How Unlikely Coalitions Created a Blueprint for LGBTQ Politics by Katie Batza Memoir her reflection won’t blinkThe untold histories of AIDS in the Midwest Histories of AIDS in the United States typically regard San Francisco and New York to be the epicenters of the crisis. The Midwest, if considered at all, appears as a footnote to the social, medical, and political struggles of coastal queer communities. But the US heartland cultivated its own distinct strategies for survival that became the surprising and lasting blueprint for LGBTQ politics today.