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...overwhelmingly acquired through abnormal sexual practices." If he means to include the "abnormal" sexual practice of heterosexuality, then his statement is correct. While there are more homosexuals with AIDS, heterosexual young adults are the fastest-rising group of HIV carriers. This means that within 10 years, the AIDS Memorial Quilt will be overwhelmingly covered with the names of our heterosexual contemporaries and friends...
AIDS is not a gay disease. Anyone can become infected. "Abnormal sexual behavior" is not the cause of AIDS; ignorance and inadequate sex education might be more appropriate enemies. It is ridiculous, uneducated and extremely homophobic to ally the two issues of AIDS and homosexuality. The AIDS Memorial Quilt is not about homosexuality; it is about mourning remembrance and grief. Viewing the quilt, one can see a piece in remembrance of an infant next to one remembering an 85-year-old grandmother next to one remembering a 26-year-old Chicano...
...AIDS Quilt was a silent, wrenching reminder of a plague we cannot ignore. Seeing names of 37,000 victims stretched across 11 city blocks would help anybody identify with them as more than mere statistics. It also reminds us of the 99.9 percent of Americans who go to their grave without a quilt, victims of other diseases that deserve attention...
...came across the AIDS Memorial Quilt while in Washington last weekend. Like others, I was moved as the names of the dead droned over microphones. The ceremony itself was tranquil and peaceful. By comparison, members of Act Up stormed a Republican campaign headquarters across town, chanting, "Dole, Kemp, you can't hide. We charge you with genocide...
...door, a sign warns, DANGER, KEEP OUT! THIS ROOM IS GUARDED BY A TRAINED ATTACK GYMNAST. Sweeping left, a Legends of the Fall poster featuring teen idol Brad Pitt is tacked beside a poem titled "Don't Quit." Religious icons hang above the double bed; a handmade quilt hides the outsize teddy-bear slippers stashed below. Though the third wall boasts framed magazine covers of the room's tenant, the reverie of choice is taped to the desk lamp: Brad Pitt. Above the desk, a fanciful collection of macrame dream catchers dangles beneath two tidy rows of gymnastics medals...