Names

These are names of some of the people, all men, whom I've lost, nearly all to AIDS. I stopped actively maintaining this list in 1994. In alphabetical order:

1. William "Wolf" Agress, a lover, died in 1990
2. Andre, a bartender at the Tunnel Bar in the East Village, now defunct
3. Vincent Barnes
4. Jerry Bihm
5. Bobby
6. Colin Curran
7. Erez Dror, co-owner and -founder of the Black Hound Bakery in the East Village, New York City, now defunct
8. Jeff Glidden, a lover
9. Paul "Griff" Griffin
10. Martin Noel Jorda
11. David Kirschenbaum, community organizer with the New York City Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence Project
12. Art Kohn, founder of the BackRoom BBS in New York City, now defunct
13. Jim Lewis
14. Luis
15. John Mangano
16. Jeffrey Martin
17. Morris Matthews
18. Karl Michalak
19. Mark Melvin
20. Norm
21. Tony Panico, my first lover in New York City
22. Charles Pope, barfly extraordinaire
23. Gordon Provencher, 1955-1992
24. Tom Raleigh
25. Craig Rodwell, founder of the Oscar Wilde Bookstore in Greenwich Village, NYC
26. Tony Rostron
27. Jurgen Schmitt
28. Giulio Sorrentino
29. Buddy Volani
30. Jeremy Wells
31. David Joseph Wilcox, 1957-1996