I Woke Up This Gay

44. The AIDS Guy, Part Two

53 min · 27. feb. 2026
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In this episode I recall how the members of the LGBTQ+ community tried to prevent me from saving the lives of gay men with AIDS, how we finally got federal legislation to pay for HIV medication as well as how and why i finally left Utah for good.

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