This is so interesting! Thank you. I remember Klaus Nomi, a rising pop star in Europe who died of AIDS shortly after his 1st album... And I remember my lovely gay best friend Hubert when I was in pre-vet in the south of France in the late 1970s... Later he told me that all his gay friends who partied in Paris in the early 1980s died of AIDS. 😶😢
He survived because he stayed in the south of France where it hadn't arrived yet at the time...
Thank you for sharing y our story Lorraine. My friend from Japan survived too and we have continued to discuss the history of how it all unfolded. The stigmas, stereotypes, and fears associated with HIV continue today and are mirrored (in part) by COVID. For me, the message is clear. We are in this together and must do all we can to assist those affected by any virus, any situation that devalues life and pretends that some are more deserving than others.
I hope to share the stories of those who want to share them both virtually and here in Substack Stay tuned :-)
This is so interesting! Thank you. I remember Klaus Nomi, a rising pop star in Europe who died of AIDS shortly after his 1st album... And I remember my lovely gay best friend Hubert when I was in pre-vet in the south of France in the late 1970s... Later he told me that all his gay friends who partied in Paris in the early 1980s died of AIDS. 😶😢
He survived because he stayed in the south of France where it hadn't arrived yet at the time...
Thank you for sharing y our story Lorraine. My friend from Japan survived too and we have continued to discuss the history of how it all unfolded. The stigmas, stereotypes, and fears associated with HIV continue today and are mirrored (in part) by COVID. For me, the message is clear. We are in this together and must do all we can to assist those affected by any virus, any situation that devalues life and pretends that some are more deserving than others.
I hope to share the stories of those who want to share them both virtually and here in Substack Stay tuned :-)
Will do!
Amazing! What a tremendous endeavor.
Thank you, Gloria.