> A gay friend wrote a brief article on the Continental Baths and ended it
> "And then came AIDS." Exactly. Plato's Retreat died of terror and probably
> a few hetero or bisexually transmitted cases of the disease as well.
> Remember the designer Tina Chow? Straight woman has one-night stand with bi
> male, dies of AIDS. Terrifying.
I've never understood this. Prophylaxis is pretty effective against
HIV. People could have just worn condoms and carry on as before. I
don't think AIDS killed off permissiveness at all; I think it was used
an excuse.
Dominic
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