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United Press International - October 9, 1983
Richard D. Lyons
A vigil in New York coincided with the second annual convention of the Federation of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, which ends tonight in Manhattan. The disease's main victims have been men with frequent and varied homosexual partners.
Adele Starr, president of the federation, said AIDS has resulted in more discrimination against homosexuals.
In Washington, a crowd estimated at 1,300 people held a candlelight procession past the White House. Demonstrators also assembled in Pittsburgh; Houston; Atlanta; Denver; Omaha; Minneapolis; Seattle; Cleveland; San Francisco; San Diego; Long Beach, Calif.; Davenport, Iowa, and Tampa, Fla.
Overseas, events were planned in Amsterdam and Edinburgh.
AIDS victims lose their ability to fight disease. It has afflicted 2,416 people since it was first recognized in 1981, and nobody has recovered. Other risk groups identified by the Federal Centers for Disease Control are users of intravenous drugs, hemophiliacs who require frequent blood transfusions and Haitians.
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