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Monument honors West Hollywood’s AIDS activism, presenter says
Summary
At the opening of the final section of a West Hollywood park, a presenter described a new monument as a tribute to local AIDS activism and recounted how the city redirected local tax revenue after incorporation in 1984 to fund nonprofit services rather than quarantine policies.
A presenter at the opening of the final section of a West Hollywood park described a new monument as a tribute to community efforts that responded to the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, and recounted how the city used local tax revenue to support nonprofit care and services.
"This monument is more significant now than ever. It is the three-dimensional representation of the hard work of a generation of people who were committed to not letting an entire generation of men and women die of AIDS," the presenter said, calling the memorial a public recognition of that response.
The presenter said the city—incorporated in…
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