Quiet heroes
In Salt Lake City, Utah, the religious monoculture severely complicated the AIDS crisis, where patients received no support from, or were cast into exile by, the political, religious, and medical communities. Further, Mormon culture encouraged gay men to marry women and have a family to cure themselves of their 'affliction,' counsel which led to secret affairs and accidental marital transmissions of HIV.
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