LGBT History
I will not be erased.
"To speak so freely and openly about his own HIV status was important for our community to really educate us and bring awareness to the issues."
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Matthew Shepard was a "Jesus Christ figure," activist David Drake said.
"You have to have a common enemy. It's what bonds people together."
After years of hostility, the AIDS crisis inspired lesbians and gay men to reconcile their animosity, author Lillian Faderman said.
Thirty years ago, Sage Sohier's photos aimed to dispel stereotypes about gay love in the 1980s.
"Unfortunately there seems no one left alive to say 'it wasn't that way at all', or 'who are or where the f*ck were you.'"
The filmmaker promises that key historical figures, like Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera and Ray Castro, will be in the film.