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Woodroof was said to have lost all his friends after they found out he was HIV-positive. The movie Dallas Buyers Club depicts Woodroof as holding homophobic views prior to contracting HIV. Other people who knew Woodroof said that he did not harbor anti-gay beliefs and was openly bisexual .
1 Νοε 2021 · Ron Woodroof, 1950-1992. Recording by Matthew McConaughey. Story by Irwin M. Rappaport. Photo by The Dallas Morning News. Ron Woodroof was an unlikely hero, but he rose to the occasion and became a lifeline for many people with AIDS in the Dallas area.
1 Νοε 2013 · Ron Woodroof holds a vial of Compound Q — a drug that, in 1989, the FDA hadn't evaluated. His Dallas Buyers Club, which acquired experimental AIDS treatments, is the subject of a new film in...
14 Μαΐ 2023 · Helmed by Jean-Marc Vallée, the 2013 film stars McConaughey as Ron Woodroof, a rodeo cowboy diagnosed with HIV in the mid-1980s. After he comes across a banned drug that ensures a longer survival, Woodroof takes it upon himself to smuggle the drug for fellow patients.
6 Φεβ 2014 · Ron Woodroof also (albeit unsuccessfully) took the FDA to court to force them to allow the importation of the experimental HIV inhibitor Peptide T from Denmark.
5 Φεβ 2014 · When Texan rodeo-riding electrician Ron Woodroof was diagnosed with HIV in 1985, aged 35, he was given 30 days to live. He died seven years later, due to complications from Aids, in September...
Looking at the AIDS crisis from a different angle, it recounted the true-life story of Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey), an electrician and occasional rodeo performer, who fought back against his HIV diagnosis by distributing unapproved medications.
