Life In Exile

[poliphilo]

Odi rang last night. An aunt of hers has just died. She'd been talking to mourners at the wake (back in Cameroon) and it was tearing her up that she couldn't be there with them. The aunt was only 38 and probably died of AIDS- only no-one was saying that openly because of the stigma.

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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

That's right. The west has moved on from its obsession with AIDS but Africa- where it was never a "gay plague"- is still suffering terribly.