In observance of World AIDS Day, I thought I would re-publish this list of names from my old (neglected and needing to be retired) Web site. These are some of the people, all men, I lost, nearly all to AIDS. I stopped actively maintaining this list in 1994. In alphabetical order.
- William "Wolf" Agress, a lover, died in 1990
- Andre, a bartender at the Tunnel Bar in the East Village, now defunct
- Vincent Barnes
- Jerry Bihm
- Bobby
- Colin Curran
- Erez Dror, co-owner and -founder of the Black Hound Bakery in the East Village, New York City, now defunct
- Jeff Glidden, a lover
- Paul "Griff" Griffin
- Martin Noel Jorda
- David Kirschenbaum, community organizer with the New York City Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence Project
- Art Kohn, founder of the BackRoom BBS in New York City, now defunct
- Jim Lewis
- Luis
- John Mangano
- Jeffrey Martin
- Morris Matthews
- Karl Michalak
- Mark Melvin
- Norm
- Tony Panico, my first lover in New York City
- Charles Pope, barfly extraordinaire
- Gordon Provencher, 1955-1992
- Tom Raleigh
- Craig Rodwell, founder of the Oscar Wilde Bookstore in Greenwich Village, NYC
- Tony Rostron
- Jurgen Schmitt
- Giulio Sorrentino
- Buddy Volani
- Jeremy Wells
- David Joseph Wilcox, 1957-1996
These are only 31 names of people I knew who died before I was 35 years old. There are countless scores, hundreds, more whose names I did not know, whose fates I never learned, or who have died since I stopped maintaining this list in 1994.
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