Love from the Pink Palace: Memories of Love, Loss and Cabaret through the AIDS Crisis, for fans of IT'S A SIN

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It’s truest amazing to read Jill telling these boys stories, sharing their lives, their loves and their experiences. You think that we are in a century where the science and technology is considered to be more advanced then it was 100 years ago, you think they would have come up with a cure for HIV. I think I went into this with the wrong expectations, and also I think this is for people who are very into the theatre musical scene. But soon rumours were spreading from America about a frightening illness being dubbed the ‘gay flu’, and Jill and her friends – spirited Juan Pablo, Jae with his beautiful voice, upbeat Dursley, and many others – found that their formerly carefree existence now under threat.

This book resonated with me because I was around Jill's age and just starting University at the start of the AIDS crisis and this is such a valuable addition to the history books of that period.Most of all, she shines a light on those who were stigmatised and shamed, and remembers those brave and beautiful boys who were lost too soon.

S. when the disease was new, had no cure, and invoked an utterly freezing lack of empathy from society, along with the lack of information about the disease. But soon rumours were spreading from America about a frightening illness being dubbed the 'gay flu', and Jill and her friends - spirited Juan Pablo, Jae with his beautiful voice, upbeat Dursley, and many others - found their formerly carefree existence now under threat. Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's pageview limit. I also think this is a very ‘positive’ take, with a lot of the more negative aspects like reactions from family etc barely described or not explored in any depth. What this book is about, if it is about any one thing in particular, is recognising what life was like for the first generation of men in London, and other world capitals, who both 'came out' when young-close to the age that their heterosexual equivalents had their first relationships-and contracted A.Publication dates are subject to change (although this is an extremely uncommon occurrence overall). As the author notes, a new caseload for doctors requires the renewing of their bedside manner, and adaptation in other ways too. It may also be true that gay men were half-aware that sex is something that had always resisted literal and absolutely honest two sided conversations. It probably also helps if you're really passionate about theatre, because there's a big emphasis on the London theatre scene in the 80s. A genuinely positive test for HIV meant that their bucket list of things they want to do whilst alive had better be short and they had better be strong whist they could be to complete it.