An interview with gay filmmaker Aaron Bear GREGG SHAPIRO | Contributing WriterGreggShapiro!aol.com During the COVID-19 pandemic, the term “unsung hero” was tossed around a lot as average, yet extraordinary, people struggled to find alternative means of survival because the government failed to protect them.
To a whole generation of gay men, this experience had an eerily familiar feeling. If the late Ric Weiland (1953-2006) — a true unsung hero if ever there was one — were still alive, he would most likely agree.
Weiland, an openly gay man who co-founded Microsoft along with Bill Gates and Paul Allen, still found a way to make a lasting impact on causes near and dear to him, including HIV/AIDS research and marriage equality, by leaving