Dentist David Acer was a gay man who had a gaunt appearance from an AIDS-related illness, making him the perfect scapegoat and a victim of tabloid fodder. In Jensen, Florida, a small conservative town between Orlando and Miami, eight patients alleged that Acer, 40, had infected them with HIV in the late 1980s. In these … Continue reading ‘A Quilt for David’ revisits dentist David Acer, homophobia, HIV stigma