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- Site Name:
- GayNZ.com: The Gay Blade
- Description:
- Michael Stevens knows he\'s going to piss a few people off with his blogging views - \"but hell, that\'s their problem, right?\" Writing, like cigarettes and good sex, can get to be an addictive vice, and Michael says he\'s a happy addict of at least two of these. As he types about Auckland\'s gay nightlife and culture, keep your eye on the comments section of the blog… will the knives be out for him, or will The Gay Blade get the last word?
- URL:
- http://gaynz.com/blog/gayblade/

- Post keywords:
- imminent publication (1) tragic suicide (1) hiv diagnosis (1) collective memory (1) tenuous nature (1)
- Date Added:
- 2008-02-21 00:00:00
- Last Update:
- 0000-00-00 00:00:00
- Filter:
- Male Gay New Zealand English
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Memory, Loss, and Memory
» GayNZ.com: The Gay Blade
The tragic suicide of Dr Matt Wildbore last week as well as the imminent publication of Dr Chris Brickell’s new book “Mates and Lovers” made me think of a few things.
One thought that I keep returning to is the way our history, individual and collective, is so fragile.
For many younger men in Auckland, Matt Wildbore is not a name they’d know. For me, and I guess for my generation, he was a symbol of compassion, of care, of fun, of bravery and support through the worst days of the plague. He was vocal, he was courageous, he cared. The effort ...