That hurt to watch...couldn’t help but cry at the pain and loss he suffered. It’s something most of us share and understand. For the survivors, it’s so important to know how to weather difficult times like that and shows how important it is to have a support system. Bless him, his dads and his aunties.
It's amazing how listening to just two minutes of someone's story can make you cry, then go and make sure that the people you care about most know that you care. Your aunties would be proud of you, Stefan.
That's absolutely chilling, can't begin to fathom what that was like to live out in real time. So many wonderful people lost... I'm glad Stefan shared his family's story!
This is the second time I've watched this and cried. What a joy to have these loving men in his life and what a tragedy to lose them. I'm so glad he was able to share them like that.
It would have been so difficult to see so much of his family just...disappear like that. It’s so tragic what these diseases will do. I’m just so glad that there are treatments available to give people chances at life again. My heart goes out to the aunties still alive and the sweet man from the story. I hope for all the best in the future. ❤️
Wow I cannot even imagine how hard it must have been for so much of his family and people he loved to have died in a short period of time. I hope Stefan and his family are well.
Definetly underrated by a million Your stories are So powerful and emotional, it shows us how people have dealt with many things in life, not only deaths but moving on ... Thanks for everything story corps keep it up
Such a powerful story it's so difficult taking care of a loved one who is sick. So moving that your aunties where there to help you and that you remained close.
wow just wow the last line was so powerful and shocking " my aunties it was a powerful family it was a lot of love and they modeled for em how to survive an epidemic even of you were dying while doing it " just hits really hard to so many people i have the experience of knowing such a lose but man just the heartwarming yet sour thing many ppl might have needed to see. thank you for this content so sincere and so genuine a gem in the animated stories . love the team
I.... this was beautiful I cried for these men I never knew....in a way I am jealous that you have been so blessed with them but I’m also crying for your loss and the worlds loss at these men
God I love this so much but it tugs at my heartstrings at the same time. I can only imagine having that kind of dynamic in my family and having it all ripped away from me like that. Wonderful story
This video is the definition of a proud family is, it doesn't matter what gender, sexuality or race is. As long as you have sympathy for each other and for yourself you will have a tight bond that will never be broken by the rules or laws of what country or state you are in
What a sweet, kind, tender man. This story made me think of my own family, and makes me wonder what could’ve happened if we were born in a different time :(
When I went to the San Francisco Gay Pride Parade a few years back, I wound up standing towards the end for a while, just past the point where all the marchers peeled off to Civic Center. The motorized vehicles and some organized contingents kept on going past us on Market Street towards their dispersal spots, so what I saw marching by was bits of the parade punctuated by large empty stretches where the marchers had just been. It felt like contingent after contingent of the silent, invisible ghosts of men who died of AIDS was marching past me, men whose lives had once helped create and celebrate Pride in SF. All I could see was the empty places they had left in that parade-and in the life of our community and in the hearts of those who loved them. It was an image of overwhelming loss that I’ll never forget.
I don't know if this comment would be seen by someone in a few weeks, months or years later. But I see potential of this channel and the stories of people help others. Just enough people. Just enough for me. Maybe one day humanity will see a "perfect" future. But right now is still in progressing to that goal.
My Uncle Rob passed away, Summer of 96, from aids. I never got to meet him, expect when he touched my mom (his sisters') belly when she was pregnant with me. I've only ever heard the best stories about him, how he was a great cook, or would always keep everyone safe, and out of trouble. He was gay, however did have a child with a very close friend of his. My cousin is the light he shined in our family, and I am so proud, to know I am related to such a great man.
With all respect, I miss the old animation on Storycorps, I am not U.S.A citizen, but I just hope Rauch Bros and Tim Rauch would come back to animate these amazing stories!
These stories need more recognition for how beautiful they are. But there will always be the people who are full of hate so maybe it is better this way.
We need stories like this. So many young gay and straight people today have absolutely no idea how devastating the AIDS crisis was. There really is a "lost generation" of gay people from this epidemic. It's something that not only needs to be remembered in gay culture and history, but in history in general. It's so important to remember those we lost.
I feel a lot of young gay men, including me at a point, didn't understand the magnitude of the AIDS crisis and what it was to the community. My heart goes out to all that lost their lives.
Holy frick. I can't even imagine losing almost my entire family one by one. I mean, I can, but it freaks me the heck out to even think of one relative dying.
A family is a family, even if it isn't typical or what you would expect. This disease could have been under control much sooner if people hadn't been so close minded. I pray you get to keep your remaining family as long as possible. I wish you'd been able to hold on to everyone. Thank you for this story.
