But that fatal epidemic *did* wipe out some of the best and brightest Boomers. I know too many queer 70-something men who recall waves of friends, lovers, acquaintances born in the Baby Boom era dying brutally from AIDS. But I guess it affects queer people moreso than the Boomer gen as a whole.
Yup. I buried most of my friends from it throughout the 80s (all of us the youngest Boomers). It hit the oldest Xers, who were graduating HS in the 80s. What happened to them more was a lot of fear and "Just say No" psych ops, etc. - to all Xers. (Reagan, etc)
Thank you for sharing this 😥
It's a miracle that the rest of us never caught it (we were all young and full of cum around NYC from like 16 on, and condoms/safer sex didn't start to become a thing til 83-84 or after) A lot of us have tried to make sure our lives have meaning since then.
Generation x is quite a small generation. It is smaller than both the boomers and millennials.