[email protected]: When We Were Boys is an educational short film that tells the story of London’s 1996 Pride celebrations. At the event, 27,000 red balloons were released to represent the number of people living with HIV in England at the time.Now many are upset that the video was immediately age-restricted after its release, despite it not containing any content that violates YouTube’s community guidelines, according to PinkNews.
HIV advocates argue that film is especially valuable to young people.When We Were Boys also stars It’s a Sin’s Nathaniel Hall (pictured above), who opened up earlier this year about his own experience living with HIV since the age of 16.