In Our Blood on ABC – The deaths of babies, linked to blood donations from a gay man, unknowingly infected with HIV, drops like a bombshell, right as Prime Minister Bob Hawke calls an election.
Jeremy and David scramble to protect their multi-party liaison group, while the States enact hasty new laws making it a crime to knowingly donate blood or infect another person.
A new wave of hatred against the gay community, fueled by increasing blame and fear in the media, sees a spike in violence against gay people. Liam is attacked in a park on his way to work. Michelle loses her job as a high school teacher and David is threatened to be outed in parliament.
When a television interview with Jeremy, intended to calm the fearful and sometimes vicious public sentiment, only reinforces the folly of a politician fronting the AIDS crisis, David and Jeremy decide to bring all of the political, medical and activist groups together.
In Our Blood – Sunday 2 April, 2023 at 8:30pm on ABC and ABC iview
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