You must be a part of the generation that got decimated in the 80s and 90s. I'm quite fascinated by how people managed to dodge that bullet considering how wild those times apparently were with the nascent gay liberation.
I grew up being terrified of STDs and HIV. I had nightmares about catching HIV even before I became sexually active. One of the reasons I'm monogamous is also because I don't want to fuck around with that, despite all the medications available. I suppose only a cure for AIDS would bring us back to those "care free" times. Not sure that will happen in my lifetime.
There are some good books about that era before the advent of HIV when people weren't afraid of sex and were living out their fantasies to the fullest (Hollinghurst in particular with The Swimming Pool Library, although some also criticize his choice to completely ignore the ongoing pandemic).
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