, miraculously still alive. His left eye was destroyed, he’d been shot twice in the back, and he had three severe chest wounds. Writhing in agony, he stunned the U.S. soldiers by begging them, in English, to shoot him dead. A superior officer ordered medical attention instead. Terroris...
Over time, AIDS worked its way through the political system. More than anything else, it destroyed the closet and massively accelerated our culture’s acceptance of the dignity and humanity of homosexuals. Marriage equality and open military service were the fruits of this transformation. But with ...