Tom, first, my condolences for all your lost loved ones. Second, thank you for sharing your story and for standing up and fighting when our so-called leaders wouldn’t.
While I was affected as directly, I finally came face-to-face with the virus when I joined my first gay group in college. It was my first step to coming out and the group’…
Tom, first, my condolences for all your lost loved ones. Second, thank you for sharing your story and for standing up and fighting when our so-called leaders wouldn’t.
While I was affected as directly, I finally came face-to-face with the virus when I joined my first gay group in college. It was my first step to coming out and the group’s president was one of the sweetest men I’d ever met. I developed a crush quickly and just as quickly found out he was partnered and his partner was in the hospital, likely dying of AIDS.
When he shared this with me, I think he thought it would make me run. It didn’t. It made me cry. And it got me involved…becoming friends with them both, a new member of the care team.
In the process, I met some of sisters and saw the kindnesses and miracles, big and small, they delivered. Angels on earth for sure.
While my new friend ultimately didn’t make it out alive, getting to know him and his extended family is why I do some of what I do today.
My hope by making the NSFW videos we can all heal a little and see our universal humanity and masculinity as we truly are: beautiful and perfectly imperfect.
I’m rambling, but hope you know how much I appreciate you sharing your heart here. Thank you, Tom.
Tom, first, my condolences for all your lost loved ones. Second, thank you for sharing your story and for standing up and fighting when our so-called leaders wouldn’t.
While I was affected as directly, I finally came face-to-face with the virus when I joined my first gay group in college. It was my first step to coming out and the group’s president was one of the sweetest men I’d ever met. I developed a crush quickly and just as quickly found out he was partnered and his partner was in the hospital, likely dying of AIDS.
When he shared this with me, I think he thought it would make me run. It didn’t. It made me cry. And it got me involved…becoming friends with them both, a new member of the care team.
In the process, I met some of sisters and saw the kindnesses and miracles, big and small, they delivered. Angels on earth for sure.
While my new friend ultimately didn’t make it out alive, getting to know him and his extended family is why I do some of what I do today.
My hope by making the NSFW videos we can all heal a little and see our universal humanity and masculinity as we truly are: beautiful and perfectly imperfect.
I’m rambling, but hope you know how much I appreciate you sharing your heart here. Thank you, Tom.