Describing what it was like to have AIDS in the 1980’s when fear ran high of catching the disease, and those who did were ostracized by society, Washington State University will show the film Dallas Buyers Club, Monday, Dec. 1, 6 p.m., in the Compton Union Building Auditorium.
WSU’s Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Resource Center (GIESORC) is sponsoring the free event in recognition of World AIDS Day.
In March actor Matthew McConaughey won an Oscar for best actor for his performance in the film as a homophobic, rodeo-loving, Texan who contracts AIDS. As part of the movement to gain access to experimental treatments, McConaughey’s character smuggles unapproved pharmaceutical drugs into Texas and starts distributing them to other AIDS patients by establishing the Dallas Buyers Club.
Jared Leto, who portrays an HIV positive transgendered woman in the film, won best supporting actor. The Palouse HIV Consortium and Coug Health will have tables at the event to share more information about AIDS, its prevention and treatments.
