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Robert Boyle "Bobbi" Campbell Jr. (January 28, 1952 – August 15, 1984) was a public health nurse and an early United States AIDS activist. In September 1981, Campbell became the 16th person in San Francisco to be diagnosed with Kaposi's sarcoma, when that was a proxy for an AIDS diagnosis.
Under the headline “Gay America,” Bobbi Campbell, ’74, stood with his arm around his partner, Bobby Hilliard, giving the nation one of its first views of a person with AIDS. That cover was a critical point in a decade of activism that started for Campbell in the neighborhoods of Seattle and the hallways of the University of Washington.
In 1981, Bobbi Campbell became the 16th person in San Francisco diagnosed with Kaposi’s Sarcoma (KS) and the first person to come out having AIDS publicly. He soon became the face of the AIDS epidemic as the “AIDS Poster Boy,” yet his impact has not been analyzed deeply and his legacy has not been honored widely.
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BOBBI CAMPBELL: MAKING THE NEW DISEASE VISIBLE. In the 1970s, a new kind of public gay community had emerged in and around the Castro District in San Francisco. 13 In 1975
May 5, 2022 · Bobbi Campbell (January 28, 1952–August 15, 1984) would have been 70 this year. He was only 30 in 1982 when he and Dan Turner brought together a group of people to found what became the People with AIDS Self-Empowerment Movement (PWA).
Bobbi Campbell, left, and his lover Bobby Hilliard help focus American media on the emerging AIDS epidemic in August 1983.
In 1981, nurse Bobbi Campbell put up a poster in the window of his local pharmacy that read “GAY CANCER.” He included photos of lesions he had on his body. He advised people with similar marks to seek medical attention.
Jun 7, 2023 · The principles were largely edited by Bobbi Campbell and Michael Callen, the latter whom Berkowitz had recently co-authored one of the first guidelines for safer sex.
Robert Boyle "Bobbi" Campbell Jr. (January 28, 1952 – August 15, 1984) was a public health nurse and an early United States AIDS activist. In September 1981, Campbell became the 16th person in San Francisco to be diagnosed with Kaposi's sarcoma, when that was a proxy for an AIDS diagnosis.
Jun 16, 2024 · Bobbi Campbell was the 16th person in San Francisco to be diagnosed with KS. The flier he hung in the window of Star Pharmacy was the nation’s first AIDS poster.
