I Just Watched “It’s Not Unusual, A Lesbian & Gay History Part 3 (BBC2, 1997)” on YouTube

This is part three of the series….. It covers the 60’s and 70’s and 80’s. I’d love to see an update on the people featured in this documentary. I wish the US had something similar to this…. But from an American perspective.

The AIDS crisis during the 1990’s was discussed quite a bit…. Margaret Thatcher, similiar to Ronald Regan, was not helpful or empathetic towards homosexuals…. She actually impeded progress in the fight to obliterate the virus.

While watching this, I thought a lot about Clyde Grubbs, I always enjoyed hearing his stories. He and Ted were together as far back as the 1950’s… Ted didn’t live long enough to see gay marriage legalized in the US.

I hate that Clyde had to be so mean and just walked off when mom tried to look out for him.. I’ve thought about contacting him. I hope he’s ok and not lonely. I would love to watch this with him. It’s coming up on four years that he came into my life again… It will be three in a couple of days when I stayed the night with him so I could be there at his doctor’s appointment. I remember him telling me that the last time he went that he had to lie and say someone was with him…. he was being sedated. I miss him.

Anyway, he was coming of age in the eras this documentary covers….