tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003118750661133842.post2835768106894277054..comments2023-12-21T21:03:45.616+11:00Comments on my ordinary life: Growing up gay...Victorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14778094395442538035noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003118750661133842.post-17340175062273220262008-10-07T07:26:00.000+11:002008-10-07T07:26:00.000+11:00Doghigh - Change is so rapid nowadays.Doghigh - Change is so rapid nowadays.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14778094395442538035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003118750661133842.post-46185243072480673272008-10-07T00:57:00.000+11:002008-10-07T00:57:00.000+11:00Very interesting post. Lots going on here.I can't...Very interesting post. Lots going on here.<BR/><BR/>I can't imagine how horrible it must have felt as a 14 year old dealing with that situation!<BR/><BR/>I graduated from high school in the 90s and came out shortly thereafter. Although I remember a time prior to AIDS I don't remember being gay before AIDS (even though it's something I've always known - god does any of this make sense???). Knock wood I've never had an STD - primarily because I was so terrified of AIDS that I only had sex once prior to meeting my husband 14 years ago. <BR/><BR/>I now have friends that are "coming of age" and in their early to mid 20's and they are definitely NOT as fearful or concerned about AIDS and STDS although they are aware of them. <BR/><BR/>It's just really fascinating to me how a decade or so apart in age can have a dramatic impact on our views.Doghighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01554908284880217563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003118750661133842.post-22410259421788878712008-10-04T12:11:00.000+10:002008-10-04T12:11:00.000+10:00Afod/Steven here - The Wordpress sign in wouldn't ...Afod/Steven here - The Wordpress sign in wouldn't work for me....I was at my "realization" stage that I was gay and here was this epidemic that was going to kill me if I went forward with my life as I knew it. But then there are those of the older generation who have been gay for a long time and had I been part of that generation, I would have been a basket case, worried that I would get this gay "cancer." The fear that AIDS instilled in me is what has led me to stay away from anal sex for the last 25 years. And now today, you have a generation that isn't worried about AIDS because they think meds will take care of it. If they only knew what those cocktails of drugs will do to them.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15460856009625389973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003118750661133842.post-83572936965994193552008-10-03T22:14:00.000+10:002008-10-03T22:14:00.000+10:00Andrew - you're correct, I did start very young.An...Andrew - you're correct, I did start very young.<BR/><BR/>And I'd forgotten about the two week's abstention. It was hell. Nothing got me so immediately horny as being told I couldn't have sex for a while.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14778094395442538035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003118750661133842.post-34161901858201586092008-10-03T22:00:00.000+10:002008-10-03T22:00:00.000+10:00I recall it as a time when you got a dose and you ...I recall it as a time when you got a dose and you went to your gay doctor and got some antibiotics. The worst thing was that you were supposed to abstain for two weeks. You obviously started earlier than me! Making assumptions, as I do, there but by the grace of god go we.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com