“I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere.”

— Ryan White

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About Ryan White

Activist • American

Ryan White was an American teenager who became a national spokesperson for HIV/AIDS awareness after being expelled from middle school due to his diagnosis. He contracted HIV from a contaminated blood treatment for...

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