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London AIDS Memorial: Good or Bad Idea? [message #60349]

Wed, 23 December 2009 13:33

Brody Levesque

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By Brody Levesque (Washington DC) Dec 23 | The owner of the chain of successful UK Gay Nightclubs, Ku Bar, Gary Henshaw, was interviewed by pinknews.com's Adam Lake regarding the establishment of a permanent memorial to victims of Aids. This memorial it has been suggested would be built in London
Henshaw told Lake that;

"AIDS and HIV have had a devastating effect on my Life. During the Nineties people I knew started dying and I was not used to young people dying.
In 2001 my closest friend Albert died, it was a terrible experience and only a couple of years later my other best friend Brendan died too.
It is on their birthdays, the anniversary of their deaths and on difficult days that people need a place to go. For me a memorial would symbolise their continued presence in my life."

Henshaw was also interviewed on HOMOVISION TV (UK) (Below) The comments section of the pinknews.com article seemed to indicate that while a noble idea at first glance, overall, it would be be unrealistic to honour the memory of AIDS victims by-passing victims of other diseases such as cancer. Article Here: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/12/22/interview-why-we-need-a-london-aids-memorial/#

In the United States during the height of the AIDS pandemic in 1987, LGBT activist and former aide to Gay & Lesbian Civil Rights movement icon Harvey Milk; Cleave Jones, had created the AIDS Quilt which continues to attract attention from folks from all over in its permanent display in Atlanta, Georgia, or online at: http://www.aidsquilt.org/

Here is the video from HOMOVISION.TV UK:
http://video.aol.co.uk/video-detail/homovisiontv-homovisiontv-london-aids-memorial/1963837269

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		London AIDS Memorial: Good or Bad Idea? By: Brody Levesque on Wed, 23 December 2009 13:33
		Re: London AIDS Memorial: Good or Bad Idea? By: NW on Wed, 23 December 2009 16:34
		Brody, I have thought long and hard ... By: The Gay Deceiver on Mon, 28 December 2009 18:13
		Re: Brody, I have thought long and hard ... By: Brody Levesque on Mon, 28 December 2009 19:58
		Brody, thank you for sharing this information with me ... By: The Gay Deceiver on Mon, 28 December 2009 22:16
		Re: Brody, thank you for sharing this information with me ... By: Brody Levesque on Tue, 29 December 2009 00:04

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