Posts Tagged ‘gay’
Brian Cope
The following story was shared through an interview between Brian Cope & Friends of Ruby. Brian grew up in a time when being gay was a psychiatric disorder, and until he was in his 20’s (1969) was a criminal offence. Brian is an individual who came out late in life, after he had shared a…
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1985, the AIDS pandemic had taken hold just as I was coming of age and considering coming out. It was a dangerous and highly politically charged time. By 1990, my 19th year, I had an amazing group of gay friends. Handsome, creative, promising young men. Then they nearly all became infected. Nearly all of them…
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