Rumors of sneezing, kissing, tears, sweat, and saliva spreading AIDS caused people to panic.
Entertainers, athletes, and stars started giving me support.
Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there.
Listening to medical facts was not enough. People wanted one hundred percent guarantees.
Financial hardships were rough on us, even though Mom had a good job at G.M.
On December 17, 1984, I had surgery to remove two inches of my left lung due to pneumonia. After two hours of surgery the doctors told my mother I had AIDS.