The Shadow of AIDS

When the likes of Freddie Mercury died from AIDS as well as EZE from the NWA rap group, that's when things started to get much better for us. Then it wasn't just something that only gay men could get. It wasn't God's punishment as so many evil bigots had said. We were all in it together. All united in fighting such a terrifying and insidious disease. I still feel guilt, a lot of guilt that people like Patsy, who used to light up the rooms that he was singing and had to die. While I got to carry on living in the shadow of one of the most terrifying diseases the world has ever known.