A post shared by THE AIDS MEMORIAL (@theaidsmemorial) on As it’s currently LGBTQ History Month, it’s a particularly topical time to reflect upon lesser-known gay life stories.
A recent post on the @theaidsmemorial Instagram account serves as a reminder not only of the gay men who lost their lives to HIV in the early days of the pandemic but also the fact that the cause of their deaths was often kept quiet by their families.The Rev.
Dr. Ginny Brown Daniel heralds from the southern US. She fondly remembers a man who had a big impact on her when younger.“My friend, Mark, died of “the flu,” in 1993.
I miss him every day. He gave me my first job when I was 15 years old in 1986. Mark owned Toomer’s Drug Store in Auburn, Alabama.