Coming of Age During the AIDS Crisis: Preview

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🗓️ 24 June 2021

⏱️ 3 minutes

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AIDS first made national news 40 years ago. MGH host Eric Marcus was 22 at the time, a gay kid in search of love and a career in New York City. In this six-part audio memoir, Eric explores his memories of the early years of the epidemic and reconnects with people whose lives intersected with his. For exclusive Making Gay History bonus content, join our ⁠Patreon community⁠. ——— To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	40 years ago, I was 22 years old, living in New York City, coming out, awkwardly, sometimes
0:14.8	painfully, finding my way, and looking for love.
0:20.4	I remember playing Brigadoune over and over and over again on the record program.
0:23.8	Over and over.
0:24.8	I wonder why we were both playing it.
0:26.2	I don't know.
0:27.2	I just love the album.
0:28.2	It was very romantic.
0:29.2	I was sad, and I wanted a boyfriend, because I didn't sleep with anyone that summer except
0:37.2	you.
0:38.2	Oh my God.
0:40.2	I was thinking that too, actually.
0:41.6	I was thinking that even during that score, I didn't like it.
0:44.3	But just as I was finding my way, an epidemic was taking hold.
0:49.7	I remember it was referred to as gay cancer at the time.
0:52.3	It wasn't called AIDS, and it was called Brigadoune.
0:53.9	Brigadoune.
0:54.9	Gay cancer.
0:55.9	Gay related immunodeficiency.
0:58.6	More letters came together with deadly meaning and cast a shadow over our lives.
1:04.0	The outbreak of AIDS was first recognized in the spring of 1981.
1:10.2	I'm Eric Marcus, and this podcast, Making Gay History, brings LGBTQ history to life
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