The Star-Tribune asked Mader whether he still thinks everyone should get tested.

“You’re asking the wrong person,” he said. “That’s what the experts recommended at the time. I will say this: I haven’t seen anything to refute their statements at the time. Again, that was 30 years ago. I have researched a lot of issues over the years. I am not up to speed on all the issues the experts said back then.”

If Mader was trying to distance himself from some of the content in the book, that’s unacceptable, said Artery, of Wyoming Equality.

“He’s the one that collected all of those quotes and put them together and then put his name on it,” Artery said. “And it would concern me that he’s trying to distance himself. Ultimately, the responsibility rests with him. We all have responsibilities for our actions.”

Mader's book quotes people who claim to have studied the sex lives of homosexuals. It describes supposed activities in gay bath houses, and strays into a discussion of sex toys and sex acts. Another author quoted in the book is Gene Antonio, who wrote “The AIDS Cover-Up?: The Real and Alarming Facts about AIDS” and “AIDS: A Weapon in the Hands of Militant Homosexuals.”