[Salman]

I remember this book, though I have unfortunately lost track of my copy long ago.

1986. They didn't know the half of it.

[Ennis85]

Really makes you wonder what Dick would have to say if he were to see society the way it is now if he were still around? I’m sure He’d have a field day with “Drag Queen Story hour”.

[Veto!]

I lived in San Francisco for ten years, right when AIDs began. I had a few gay friends and one told me what goes on in bathhouses: Guys would do ten or twenty other guys every night. That particular gay man did get AIDS but did manage to live a long and healthy life anyway.

Everyone was frightened, as at first it was not clear how it was transmitted. Could we get AIDS from someone breathing on us, like catching a cold or flu? Another gay man, a classmate, was among the first to die, very handsome fellow. And apparently quite promiscuous.

Scary and sad, all of it.

Veto!
(The Girl)