This show makes me smile, laugh and cry at the same time. Love all the characters. Jill is an amazing caring character. All the characters are full of life and love. If my child ever told they were gay. Would it bother me? No way. I would love and support them 100% I would die for for them. I would never want them to feel intimidated at being honest. I would support my child 100% above all.
I'm so glad you are doing this show! As an older gay man (59), it saddens me that many younger gay men, not to mention the population in general, don't always know what it was like for the gay community at the start of the AIDS crisis and as it progressed. I think this show did a great job of showing what the LGBT community felt like in those days, at least in larger urban areas of the western world, as well as showing how the crisis affected us and how we were treated. For another excellent example of this, which also shows a bit of the politics surrounding the issue here in the U.S., I highly, highly recommend the movie The Normal Heart (2014) with Matt Bomer, Mark Ruffalo and Julia Roberts, if you have not seen it.
Yes even I, myself, have only heard alittle about it so getting a glimpse of what it looks like firsthand via this show is going to be an eye opener. I can only imagine what it was like for you guys during this time.
So happy to know you're reviewing this. It's true that most guys your age were never given the relevant history, but FYI most of the things you've guessed here were correct or nearly so. When NPH's character comments about pneumonia he's got the right idea. Of the array of ominously named "opportunistic infections" (OIs) that killed people with AIDS, the 2 main ones were pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) which is a very harsh lung disease, and Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), a skin cancer that first manifests as painless purple lesions. Also, HIV doesn't "turn into" AIDS in the usual sense. AIDS is really just late-stage HIV infection. A person can have (what is defined as) AIDS just by having a certain blood marker below 200, without any of the OIs. (I did.)
Thank you for all of this information, I could only imagine what it was life during this time. Not knowing or having the people in position to know, not knowing must have been petrifying. I’m so glad we’ve come so far as having things like pRep or medication for people living with HIV so that they live long and healthy lives.
@@wwhn Yeah it was petrifying at first, but after a while it was just sad. Doubly so because, while it trashed a period of ~15 years (1981-1996), for many it was also the time of life (30s-40s) when you'd normally be building a future.
That scene where they're trying to "pray the gay away" gets to me so much more now because less than a month ago my grandmother said I'd be "more blessed if I wasn't bisexual". I've always known she's homophobic but that was the first time she was so open about it. I'm not sad about it at all though, I've always known her opinions suck and I kinda find her revolting.
This show makes me smile, laugh and cry at the same time. Love all the characters. Jill is an amazing caring character. All the characters are full of life and love. If my child ever told they were gay. Would it bother me? No way. I would love and support them 100% I would die for for them. I would never want them to feel intimidated at being honest. I would support my child 100% above all.
I'm so glad you are doing this show! As an older gay man (59), it saddens me that many younger gay men, not to mention the population in general, don't always know what it was like for the gay community at the start of the AIDS crisis and as it progressed. I think this show did a great job of showing what the LGBT community felt like in those days, at least in larger urban areas of the western world, as well as showing how the crisis affected us and how we were treated. For another excellent example of this, which also shows a bit of the politics surrounding the issue here in the U.S., I highly, highly recommend the movie The Normal Heart (2014) with Matt Bomer, Mark Ruffalo and Julia Roberts, if you have not seen it.
Yes even I, myself, have only heard alittle about it so getting a glimpse of what it looks like firsthand via this show is going to be an eye opener. I can only imagine what it was like for you guys during this time.
So happy to know you're reviewing this. It's true that most guys your age were never given the relevant history, but FYI most of the things you've guessed here were correct or nearly so.
When NPH's character comments about pneumonia he's got the right idea. Of the array of ominously named "opportunistic infections" (OIs) that killed people with AIDS, the 2 main ones were pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) which is a very harsh lung disease, and Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), a skin cancer that first manifests as painless purple lesions.
Also, HIV doesn't "turn into" AIDS in the usual sense. AIDS is really just late-stage HIV infection. A person can have (what is defined as) AIDS just by having a certain blood marker below 200, without any of the OIs. (I did.)
Thank you for all of this information, I could only imagine what it was life during this time. Not knowing or having the people in position to know, not knowing must have been petrifying. I’m so glad we’ve come so far as having things like pRep or medication for people living with HIV so that they live long and healthy lives.
@@wwhn Yeah it was petrifying at first, but after a while it was just sad. Doubly so because, while it trashed a period of ~15 years (1981-1996), for many it was also the time of life (30s-40s) when you'd normally be building a future.
Yes, that’s what saddens me so deeply because countless lives weren’t met to their fullest potential 😩 I’m so glad things are better.
I can’t begin to tell you how much I loved this show, I binged it twice ❤
"No down there, your ass you need a good wash okay?!" Both of our jaws dropped to the floor! LMAOO
LMAOO no seriously! Like SIR 😂😂
That scene where they're trying to "pray the gay away" gets to me so much more now because less than a month ago my grandmother said I'd be "more blessed if I wasn't bisexual". I've always known she's homophobic but that was the first time she was so open about it. I'm not sad about it at all though, I've always known her opinions suck and I kinda find her revolting.
Bruh what gave you the right to judge gays people bruh
Where was the judgement beloved? And let’s be VERY clear, I am a gay man.
I am not judge gay people I don't like people who judge gays people bruh
@@maxjulmiste5558he didn’t tho??