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Coming of Age During the AIDS Crisis: Chapter 2: Not Alone

Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive

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Getting Seasick on a Pedal

Barry and i started dating each other seriously in july of 83. We couldn't tell anybody at the office that we were having a relationship. It was so affirming out to be this young couple when everybody said a relationship between two men couldn't last. Ever since that first article in 19 81 about the rare cancer, i kept looking to the new york times for reporting on the aids crisis. Even now, it shocks me how little information was in the main stream back then regarding aids. How invisible l g b c people are when they get into news media.

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