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Banish AIDS Patients to Antelope Island? A Legislator Proposed It.

Banish AIDS Patients to Antelope Island? A Legislator Proposed It.

Update: 2025-09-24
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Did you know: In the 1980s, a Utah legislator proposed banishing the state’s AIDS patients to Antelope Island? Really. Host Ali Vallarta asks Banished! organizer Kyle Treasure about reclaiming this dark history.


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Banish AIDS Patients to Antelope Island? A Legislator Proposed It.

Banish AIDS Patients to Antelope Island? A Legislator Proposed It.

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