Coming of Age During the AIDS Crisis: Preview
Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive - June 24, 2021
- 03:26
AIDS first made national news 40 years ago. MGH host Eric Marcus was 22 at the time, a gay kid in search of love and a career in New York City. In this six-part audio memoir, Eric explores his memories of the early years of the epidemic and reconnects with people whose lives intersected with his.
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