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Robert Boyle "Bobbi" Campbell Jr. (January 28, 1952 – August 15, 1984) was a public health nurse and an early United States AIDS activist. In September 1981, Campbell became the 16th person in San Francisco to be diagnosed with Kaposi's sarcoma, when that was a proxy for an AIDS diagnosis.
He worked as a nurse in the Castro District before becoming the 16th man in the city to be diagnosed with a rare skin cancer called Kaposi sarcoma. He gave voice to the experience of being a person with AIDS and awakened the nation to the reality of the disease. But there’s more to his story.
May 5, 2022 · Bobbi Campbell: AIDS Poster Boy. By Dr. Bill Lipsky–. Bobbi Campbell (January 28, 1952–August 15, 1984) would have been 70 this year. He was only 30 in 1982 when he and Dan Turner brought together a group of people to found what became the People with AIDS Self-Empowerment Movement (PWA).
In 1981, nurse Bobbi Campbell put up a poster in the window of his local pharmacy that read “GAY CANCER.” He included photos of lesions he had on his body. He advised people with similar marks to seek medical attention.
Robert Boyle "Bobbi" Campbell Jr. (January 28, 1952 – August 15, 1984) was a public health nurse and an early United States AIDS activist. In September 1981, Campbell became the 16th person in San Francisco to be diagnosed with Kaposi's sarcoma, when that was a proxy for an AIDS diagnosis.
But Bobbi Campbell deserves to be on that list of crucial activists who made a significant impact on the AIDS movement. In 1981, Bobbi Campbell became the 16th person in San Francisco diagnosed with Kaposi’s Sarcoma (KS) and the first person to come out having AIDS publicly.
Dec 1, 1997 · Bobbi Campbell, diagnosed in September 1981, was one of San Francisco's first cases of AIDS. He was the first person with AIDS to go public as a PWA. At the beginning of 1982, Bobbi began an...
In the 1970s, a new kind of public gay community had emerged in and around the Castro District in San Francisco. 13 In 1975, a nurse named Bobbi Campbell moved from Seattle, Washington, got a job in a hospital near the Castro, and immersed himself in the political and social life of the community.
May 8, 2006 · And the first man in the city to publicly reveal that he had the new syndrome was Bobbi Campbell, a nurse who had experienced taking care of people with cancer.
Aug 27, 2021 · December 10: Bobbi Campbell, a San Francisco nurse, becomes the first KS patient to go public with his diagnosis. Calling himself the “KS Poster Boy,” Campbell publishes his first newspaper column, “Gay Cancer Journal,” for the San Francisco Sentinel .
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