Aids and Homosexuals

Homosexual Men and the Aids Virus Over the phone, I could hear quiet anguish in the mother’s gentle contralto voice: “ We found out in late August. He sat us both down and told us his secret. Deep inside, I already knew. I guess I’ve known for a long time, but I could not accept it. He’s my baby boy. How could he be a freak of nature? We couldn’t talk about …

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