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Coming of Age During the AIDS Crisis: Chapter 6: Making History

Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive

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Is Testing Positive a Death Sentence?

Just a couple of weeks before, i ad signed the contract to write my second book. I've been trying really hard not to think about what testing positive could mean for that book. It's due on my editor's desk in two years. So many unfinished books, unfinished lives. Barry threw me a seemingly carefree thirtieth birthday party, all friends, no family. And then we spent thanksgiving with family, no friends. Still, those three weeks felt like a year. Amsove and i worked for the department of health in chelsea, new york city. My job title was counselling and testing. People needed us. They were discriminated against,. The s,

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