This is not a case of “victim-blaming”—because they are not victims of anything other than their own ignorance or (if I’m being generous) naivete.

You know, I expect to be vilified over this commentary, but I just can’t with this bullshit anymore. I’m not a huge Franco fan, but I’m sick of the automatic backlash that occurs these days after unsubstantiated accusations are made. How does someone defend himself against accusations for which no proof exists, yet …

Well, again, as I’ve already said, once it became clear how the disease was spread, most bath houses became vital centers to educate gay men about the concept of safer sex and condom use. The Reagan administration, during the same time period and with the same knowledge, continued to ignore the issue and refuse to act…

While I appreciate your conciliatory reply, I must ask who you consider to be the “extremists” on both sides? Reagan and his administration were fairly mainstream for the time period, although certainly conservative and craven. But they had overwhelming support from the American public for their attitudes. The gay…

When did they show alternate reality Franklin start down the road to manufacturing and selling crack? It ended with him being taken home by his mother after almost being robbed—the rest of the alternate story showed him actively avoiding the drug business. How does that show Franklin as doomed to become a drug-dealing…

Not being addicted to crack, not being shot in the head, not being complicit in multiple murders, not being forced to work with the CIA to illegally fund a war....shall I go on?

Franklin’s life may have been “garbage” (although that’s debatable), but almost everyone else was better off. Wanda was a mother who was taking care of her kids (instead of being a drug fiend), Andre was still alive, Franklin’s aunt is pregnant and happy, Mel is still a person with hope, dreams, ambition and a future,…

You’re right. Drugs are wrong.

Or, even better, SPY magazine, which showered (well-deserved) hate all over Donald and Ivanka Trump way before it was cool.

But the consequences did not have to be as disastrous as they ended up. There was a period of time during which the disease could have been contained, but because of the conservative hypocritical moralists who were in charge of funding the necessary research at the time and their complete absence of concern (and…

While it was interesting, I’m not really sure what was gained by watching this alternate reality Franklin. He made the choice not to enter the drug game, and everyone around him was better off for it (well, almost everyone—sorry Pops). If they weren’t better off, they for sure weren’t worse off. And in the end of the…

We do have different recollections. As I remember, it wasn’t only the owners who were arguing against closing bath houses, for the same reasons I stated previously.

You’re walking a dangerous path in trying to place bath house owners and the Reagan administration as equal in turning AIDS into a global pandemic. The Reagan administration could not have been less concerned about the disease, and, in fact, made jokes about it . They, along with their “Moral” Majority conservative…

Man I am so glad I stumbled upon this show. I can’t believe there’s not more buzz about it—no one I’ve spoken to has heard of it or watched it. After I tell them about it, almost all have said that they find show’s title confusing and that it gives no indication of what the show is about. I hope that’s not evidence…

Adrian is a compelling new character right off the bat; he feels real, and it’s easy to get swept up in the feelings Blanca immediately has for him.

What if Rita has been made into a mole, sent to “run into” June at the market and get some info. Someone is going to betray June at some point, obviously—too many people know about the plan—and I don’t remember June ever crossing paths with Rita in public before now.

It made sense that Nate’s dad was molesting him

I thought the body on the gurney was her Dad.

Well, it seems obvious to me that the crew members on this mission had 2 bars to pass in order to qualify—they had to be young and pretty.

They did a damn good job of it...one girl gave me definite Sadie vibes.