Are You Following The AIDS Memorial on Instagram?

If not, I highly recommend it. An anonymous man in Scotland, known only as Stuart, curates the page, taking submissions from friends and family of those lost to AIDS. It is a very touching page, sharing photos and memories of those lost forever. I find it cathartic to read of those both known and not, and it meant a lot when The AIDS Memorial shared this remembrance of Shane, below. If you want to learn more about my partner, Shane Sawick, who died in 1995, please click here.

https://instagram.com/p/BasBgqAFUMU/"Were it not for his love of overalls, Shane Sawick would've fit perfectly into a 1940's Cary Grant movie, trading quips with Rosalind Russell. An actor and Hotline coordinator at AIDS Project Los Angeles, Shane sailed through life, embracing it, until his final days. I was lucky enough to spend two years with him, and that impact--of loving and caring for him--cannot be underestimated. Without knowing him, I wouldn't be the partner, father or writer I am today. Only by telling his story, and that of others lost, far too young, can we find a way forward, into the light." - by Kergan Edwards-Stout#whatisrememberedlives #theaidsmemorial #aidsmemorial #neverforget #endaids #lgbthistory #lgbthistorymonth