page_title: Malcom Gregory Scott
hierarchical_section_title: Malcom Gregory Scott
caption_attribution_description: English: Malcom Gregory Scott, AIDS Survivor, photographed at home in Portland, Oregon, by his mother, Janis Mercer, on April 25th, 2018, just days before the 31st anniversary of his discharge from the United States Navy and his diagnosis with HIV. Scott holds a photograph of himself, brandishing a tattoo commemorating his discharge and diagnosis, taken on April 25th 1993 at the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, the day before Scott addressed the crowd at a demonstration at the Pentagon protesting the military ban on homosexuality.
context_page_description: Malcom Gregory Scott also known as Greg Scott, is an American writer, activist, and AIDS survivor. In 1987, the United States Navy discharged him for homosexuality, after which Scott worked to overturn the Department of Defense directive prohibiting the military service of lesbian and gay Americans. Upon his discharge, Scott also learned he had tested positive for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, the virus that causes Acquired Immunodefficiency Syndrome. He was active in the Washington, D.C., chapters of ACT UP and Queer Nation. Scott was an advocate for legal access to medical marijuana, a critic of early HIV prevention education strategies, and a proponent for expanded academic research to support the public policy goals of queer communities. American journalist Michelangelo Signorile once called Scott "the proudest queer in America." Scott worked as a writer for Fox Television's America's Most Wanted, and his writing has appeared in several newspapers and magazines. Scott nearly died of Stage IV AIDS in 1995 and credited marijuana with his survival until effective anti-retroviral therapies became available.
context_section_description: Malcom Gregory Scott (born January 26, 1962) also known as Greg Scott, is an American writer, activist, and AIDS survivor. In 1987, the United States Navy (USN) discharged him for homosexuality, after which Scott worked to overturn the Department of Defense (DoD) directive prohibiting the military service of lesbian and gay Americans. Upon his discharge, Scott also learned he had tested positive for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the virus that causes Acquired Immunodefficiency Syndrome (AIDS). He was active in the Washington, D.C., chapters of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) and Queer Nation. Scott was an advocate for legal access to medical marijuana, a critic of early HIV prevention education strategies, and a proponent for expanded academic research to support the public policy goals of queer communities. American journalist Michelangelo Signorile once called Scott "the proudest queer in America." Scott worked as a writer for Fox Television's America's Most Wanted, and his writing has appeared in several newspapers and magazines. Scott nearly died of Stage IV AIDS in 1995 and credited marijuana with his survival until effective anti-retroviral therapies became available.
caption: Scott at home in Portland, Oregon, in April 2018, commemorating the 31st anniversary of his Navy discharge and HIV diagnosis.
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