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#51

What is the single biggest event in your lifetime?

Posted: 7/1/13 at 2:26pm

No way to choose a single biggest -- here are the three most important:

The onset of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s.

9/11.

The terrible election of Ronald Reagan to the Presidency, signalling the beginning of the psycho-conservative takeover of the U.S.A.

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Updated On: 7/1/13 at 02:26 PM

#52

What is the single biggest event in your lifetime?

Posted: 7/1/13 at 3:15pm

Definitely the AIDS epidemic. It hit just after I came out, and just before I moved to NYC. Sad, scary and inspiring time.

JFK was shot a month after I was born, which could technically be considered, but I won't add it as I was nothing but a chubby sack of potatoes.

9/11.

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#53

What is the single biggest event in your lifetime?

Posted: 7/1/13 at 3:45pm

Roscoe, I've been thinking about the election of Ronald Reagan. I might have to change my vote to that- when you look at the events that put in motion! You mentioned the AIDS crisis- I have NO doubt that another president (any other) would have responded to the epidemic and focused research and education dollars there- would that have stopped it? Probably not but as we saw under Clnton, it could have made a HUGE difference.

And he also had a big role in the other major tragedy mentioned here: 9/11. We might have not had an Osama Bin Laden without Reagan's early support- the middle east would certainly look different now without Reagan's resolute support of Iranian and Muslim Terrorists. It makes me long for a time machine...

#54

What is the single biggest event in your lifetime?

Posted: 7/1/13 at 4:33pm

Sorry if I sound selfish but the first thing that popped into my head when I saw this thread was learning when I was 17 that I was cancer free. If it hadn't been for that- well, there would not have been other monumental events such as marriage and the birth of my children.

#55

What is the single biggest event in your lifetime?

Posted: 7/1/13 at 4:38pm

Supportivemom, I don't find anything selfish about your revelation one bit. I applaud you for sharing.

#FactsMatter...your feelings not so much.

#56

What is the single biggest event in your lifetime?

Posted: 7/1/13 at 4:54pm

Can add the First man walking on the moon. The event united the entire planet.

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#57

What is the single biggest event in your lifetime?

Posted: 7/1/13 at 5:11pm

We need a "man in the moon" event to unite us again, not just tragedies.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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#58

What is the single biggest event in your lifetime?

Posted: 7/1/13 at 5:17pm

Yes, we do.

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#59

What is the single biggest event in your lifetime?

Posted: 7/1/13 at 9:24pm

Thanks javero! :)

#60

What is the single biggest event in your lifetime?

Posted: 7/2/13 at 10:06am

I'm going to be a bit selfish here.
Yesterday at the end of my long train ride home, I checked Facebook. I got an unsolicited picture from the NY Historical Society, for no known reason. I saw a picture from the 1983 Pride March...and who is holding the banner? My Uncle Peter! I started to bawl on the effing train!

What is the single biggest event in your lifetime?

What is the single biggest event in your lifetime?

Uncle Peter is the fellow with the beard, second from right. This was my second Gay Pride March, thanks to him. I still lived in Philly, but would move to NYC the following year. I'd also join him in volunteering at the Community Health Project, now the Callen-Lourde Community Center. Peter eventually became a board member, and I ended up working at their AIDS clinic.

He died of a heart attack in 1999, and I miss him so much. Our lives revolved around the community and the crisis threatening us. That's why it's the biggest event for me.

#61

What is the single biggest event in your lifetime?

Posted: 7/2/13 at 10:51am

Many many moving responses. Personally, A Chorus Line opened and changed my life forever in how I deal with being gay and also for inserting theatre into my life as a major lifestyle choice.

9/11...made me reflect on a life squandered by 35 years of alcoholism and addicton. Slowly but surely, I sought sobriety and serenitey though AA and hard work. Have since remained sober, lost 100 pounds, volunteer appx 16 hours each and every month, wrote and published a memoir, was featured in two artsy films, done a dozen plays, sang on the Pippin cast recording and now I am trying to teach myself how to ride a bike!

#62

What is the single biggest event in your lifetime?

Posted: 7/2/13 at 11:14am

I was four. Because of where we lived, I only had girls as playmates. It was the first day of kindergarten and I had to ride a bus. One of the other boys, Bobby, called me a sissy and punched me on the arm. I hadn't even spoken a word. That was the day I knew that I was different, that he was right and that the rest of life was going to be filled with moments just like that.

#63

What is the single biggest event in your lifetime?

Posted: 7/2/13 at 1:10pm

That's beautiful, Doodle. When I see pictures from gay pride parades of friends who are gone, I just lose it.

#64

What is the single biggest event in your lifetime?

Posted: 7/2/13 at 1:59pm

BAD: 9/11. My classes and I saw the entire tragedy take place from the windows of my classroom.

GOOD: Becoming a grandfather (as unexpected as that was!)

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