I'm a lesbian and I remember everything we did! People were literally marching in the streets (including me) for the government to take action (F.U. to Ronald Reagan, BTW). I went to many, many demonstrations (including with the "radical" group ACT UP).
When I moved to L.A. in 1988, I worked on the AIDS Hotline. I remember the class that was given (by the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center) was on the level of a college course. It was six weeks long, two nights a week, four hours per night and was required we before we could work the hotline.
The people we're dealing with now (the anti-maskers) are completely brainwashed on too many levels for me to get into now.
Thank you for this post and presenting your thoughts in the context of what the LGBT community did and the contrast regarding what's happening now. 
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