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Pedro, Eazy E, and Keith Haring: How '90s Kids Learned About AIDS

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Children of the '90s came of age when the conversation about AIDS was shifting from panic to activism and education. While standard sex ed classes certainly helped millions of young people understand the basics of HIV, AIDS, and safe sex, at the forefront of much of the public awareness were music, movies, tv shows, and sports. Here, a roundup of the key moments in pop culture that gave the AIDS epidemic a face and a context.

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