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I have one of those Longtime Companion stories. I was 22 in 1981 and I remember being with a former lover, having a party in his backyard, when a bunch of friends from Los Angeles brought over the first Advocate that had an article about the “gay cancer” in it. We had a lengthy discussion about it. Then we smoked some pot and forgot about it. It’s ominous: that man has since died, and his partner of 20 years has also died. I was freaked out when I found out he had died of AIDS-related complications. We had had very risky sex. He was the only person other than my present lover that I’ve had anal intercourse with.
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© 1995 William I. Johnston
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Willet, D. (1995). Pillars of Monogamy. In: HIV-Negative. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6106-8_15
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