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Ryan White and his mother Jeanne talk before nightly prayers (Cicero, Indiana, 1986) [1301x782]

Photographed by Taro Yamasaki.

Ryan White was diagnosed with HIV in 1984 from a contaminated batch of Factor VIII, used to treat his hemophilia. White later became an advocate against the stigmatization of HIV/AIDS in America after being barred from returning to school due to parents and teachers petitioning to have him removed. He died at age 18, in 1990.

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