Charles MacKenzie, President of Infected Blood Australia, speaks about last nights 45th Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade on Oxford St, which is a major celebration in Australia today but it wasn’t always the case. Forty years ago homosexuals were treated like criminals and were even maligned by the Australian Red Cross when HIV was announced as having contaminated the blood supply.

Show notes

Register your support for a Royal Commission and/or compensation form

https://www.infectedbloodaustralia.com/registration

Timeline of Australian blood donors https://www.infectedbloodaustralia.com/timeline

Bad blood: The contamination of Australia's blood supply and the emergence of gay activism in the age of AIDS

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14443050109387641?journalCode=rjau20

AIDS action committee reacts Family team using ‘fear tactics’ Canberra Times Tuesday 20 November 1984

https://ddd792de-b24d-47fe-8177-91b7438b0894.usrfiles.com/ugd/ddd792_bfd7618a06ee46dba70936736015dfce.pdf

MAP OF AIDS' DEADLY MARCH EVOLVES FROM HEPATITIS STUDY

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/02/01/map-of-aids-deadly-march-evolves-from-hepatitis-study/47cd206c-c8d9-4082-896f-a075e53bd221/

Worry as Hepatitis B serum runs low Sydney Morning Herald, November 19 1984

https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ddd792_1e6db400c6d249569cdae3b51cb07575~mv2.jpg

Hepatitis B Vaccine Experiment On American Gays

https://www.modernghana.com/news/858627/hepatitis-b-vaccine-experiment-on-american-gays.html