Even at church, people would not shake my hand.

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I came face to face with death at thirteen years old.

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Entertainers, athletes, and stars started giving me support.

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A lot of my time was spent searching, thinking and planning my life.

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Mayor Koch, of New York, was the first public figure to give me support.

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Financial hardships were rough on us, even though Mom had a good job at G.M.

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The school I was going to said they had no guidelines for a person with AIDS.

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The first five to six years of my life were spent in and out of the hospital.

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People would get up and leave so they would not have to sit anywhere near me.

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Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there.

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