DAY
93: 1990-2020 growth,
change,
progress, hope.
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I can't have AIDS, I feel great.
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I don't need a mask, that's a hoax.
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Is it transmitted by kissing or shaking hands, nobody knows.
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I can't get COVID, I'm young and strong.
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It'll be over soon and we can toss the damn condoms.
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It'll be over, maybe already is, let's go out and get an aperitif.
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No, I won't ever, I can't wear a helmet, it messes up my hair.
-- Seatbelt? No way! It wrinkles my shirt. In a wreck it'll cut you in two.
-- Airbag, why? Just another rip-off. Life is an adventure, live dangerously.
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No. This mask makes my shades fog up, I can't see well. I want my freedom: I
CAN'T BREATHE.
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It's uncomfortable. I feel very uncomfortable.
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I know several people who've died.
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I know a lot of people who've died.
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Here in the Castro, entire buildings were emptied of occupants.
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Dying alone in a hospital bed, seeing only someone's eyes.
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Let's build a movement.
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Please give generously.
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My friend died, my brother died.
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I don't feel so good.
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Let's build a movement.
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Gay cancer, it's only gay cancer.
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Only the flu with a fancy name.
2020-2050
growth,
change,
progress, hope.