Reply #34: Thank You, Raster.

[JackBeck]

HIV/AIDS is still a controversial issue to talk about. And I think people, even progressives, are afraid sometimes to talk about it because they may not be as informed as they thought. Your experiences that you just shared have touched me. Every time someone shares their story it moves me. AIDS deniers, while completely allowed to have their opinion, drive me just as crazy. They do a disservice to the community and do nothing more than cloud the issue with data that science has proved otherwise to be true. I was 8 years old in 1981. I cannot imagine the emotions you must have experienced while losing your friends and companion. But you are still here, able to pass on your story to those who will listen, keeping your friends who have passed-on alive for us to get to know.