Not Just Gay Men: Honoring the Stories of Women With HIV 40 Years Later Courtesy of the subject This article is part of “AIDS Is 40. But It Really Isn’t,” a series of personal stories, news reports, and interviews that pushes back against commonly held narratives regarding the start of the U.S. HIV/AIDS epidemic. On June 2, the Today show released a six-minute video news report titled, “40 years since first AIDS cases, men living with HIV share their perspectives.” In it were old news clips from the early years of the epidemic showing imagery of hospitals, clinics, and ill-appearin...