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Homophobia and HIV/AIDS: Attitude Change in the Face of an Epidemic
- Social Forces
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Volume 84, Number 4, June 2006
- pp. 2167-2178
- 10.1353/sof.2006.0110
- Article
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Abstract
We investigate how the distribution of AIDS cases in the United States increased homophobia over time. Using pooled GSS surveys, 1973-1998, with state-reported AIDS cases, we estimate models for variation in homophobic attitudes as a function of the time-specific proportion of AIDS cases in a given state. AIDS incidence had a negative impact on civil rights attitudes during the period 1981-1998, but demonstrated an impact only on morality attitudes from 1986 to 1991.
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