My cousin died of Aids..It was the early 90s..him and his partner came home for the holidays.. No one would welcome him into their homes.. They came to my house for dinne.. My church ssaid I was wrong.. I basically said F''U to them..
If their Christianity was like that.. I didn't want it..
My cousin and his partner came to dinner.. He was so sick it was heartbreaking.. We had such a bittersweet time..
He died shortly after..
His partner was so grateful.. As was my uncle..
I am so glad we have evolved beyond the early days of Aids.. Or at least I think.. Hope we have..

I lost my partner, my best friend, my many friends, most of my employees, a few employers and many of my clients.
I lost 90% of my peers and I miss them so much today. I have a very hard time finding anyone to recall, to share old memories with of much before the mid 90's.
I used to feel like they all got on a bus and left for California ..left me behind. Except for my present partner I've pretty well remained a loner ever since.

Awwwwwwwwww.. ((((((hugs honey))))

Yea i had a friend watched him waste away 1994,,,then gone went to his funeral.....plus witness others waste away....very sad.....i think their close to a cure too for hiv....amen..if not they have drugs they can live a very long life...back then they only had azt not a very good drug.....

RIP my friends.

SOrry you lost many friends, ImK.

Thank you Rebecca, Thank you Henry.
Conspiracies or not, HIV folks are living long lives now and that is wonderful.
It's our turn very soon!
For anyone who lost loved ones to AIDS, this is a day to remember them.

Sadly the first HIV drugs that were used caused liver problems. So many who survived are now having problems with their livers.