Reply #18: You're my hero!

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I would also add "And the Band Played On" to anyone's essential reading list.

It details the beginnings of AIDS. I always thought I was gay-sensitive until I read that book about 10 years ago. I bawled for a good deal of it.

And I try to re-read it once a year to keep myself sensitive and in touch with those feelings I had. I've had several friends die over the years, but I had never been that close to them. I feel much different now.

Anyone who can say that the gay lifestyle is something that people "choose" after reading that book needs to have their head examined.

No one could choose what happens with that disease.