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Ric Weiland might be the most important gay man you’ve never heard of. Let Aaron Bear introduce you.
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Bill Gates (yes, that Bill Gates) he was attracted to other men. Years later, Weiland & Gates would help found Microsoft, the company which helped usher in the digital age.
Following an HIV diagnosis, Weiland also became a quiet advocate of LGBTQ rights, donating more than $100 million to various queer charities including GLAAD, amFAR, Lambda Legal and PFLAG.
He also advocated for LGBTQ discrimination protections in major companies such as Microsoft and General Electric. Despite all his achievements, Weiland always avoided attention.
He took his own life in 2006.So how does a man of such fortune and glory go unnoticed? Director Aaron Bear now confronts those questions and sheds some light on Weiland’s life in Yes I Am: The Ric Weiland.
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