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Phill Wilson is a pioneering Black gay activist who was among the first to mobilize Angelenos in the fight against HIV/AIDS in L.A.’s communities of color.

Wilson’s AIDS-prevention efforts won praise from U.S. Presidents Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama.

The National AIDS Prevention Task Force co-founder says people must speak out to protect lifesaving funding from politically motivated threats.

The year was 1987. Phill Wilson was 31, a recent transplant to L.A. from his hometown of Chicago. A mysterious infection that weakened its hosts’ immune systems was killing people at a terrifying rate, while the Reagan administration downplayed and openly joked about the disease. Some m

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