I lost 12 lovers in the 80s to AIDS.

To see a beautiful drama weaponised against the lesbians and gays who nursed my lovers makes me feel sick.

I know that sounds like I’m mewling about “literal violence” but I haven’t got through an episode of #ItsASin without crying.
How fucking dare Michael, and Owen “Squealer” Jones use this brilliant drama to propagate their own misogyny rather than take a moment to remember the dead.

How fucking dare you, you utter bastards.
You want to know who is burning books these days?

It's you fuckwits when anyone dares question the faith based belief that TWAW
Jump into a thread about grief. Call me a turd, then block me.

Canada sure has kinder politics.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them.

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25 Jan
One of the most important themes in #ItsASin was the fact they were breaking the law.

Age of consent was 21. Gay Threesomes were illegal. Gay sex outside the house was illegal. Having gay sex in a house where someone else was living was illegal.
The fight for gay rights was therefore about achieving equity with straight folk.

We debated anyone, any time , anywhere. We needed to persuade, and for that we needed conversation

Trans rights are enshrined in the Equality Act 2010. So what rights don’t trans people have? Image
AIDS destroyed an entire generation of gay men.

The only people who cared for us were lesbians, and left wing women.

The same women labelled “bigots” and “transphobes” today. Image
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24 Jan
We live in a world where divisiveness over minor differences can take civilisation- straight into the horrible depths of humanity.

Here squealer demonstrates this. Weaponising an horrific tragedy he has no first hand knowledge of in order to scold women who disagree with him.
Lesbians were gay men’s nurses. Watching history be rewritten while you still remember it, is a disconcerting experience

I never thought we would become one of those countries where science and history books are altered to suit politics
Owen Jones would be a collaborator.

And he’d hunt down dissidents with joy in his heart and a cruel smirk on his lips.

Fuck him, and fuck the @guardian for keeping him on staff.
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