Parenthood Is a Redemption for All Those I Had Lost
Ralph Buchalter in his San Francisco days. (Photo courtesy of the author)
After Ralph Buchalter contracted HIV in the 1980s, he didn’t expect to survive. Or to become a father.
Growing up in Memphis in the ’60s and ’70s, I barely knew what the word gay meant. But soon after landing in the small Ohio town where I went to college, I realized that word described me.
In 1982, when I was 23, I moved to San Francisco. I’d never even visited the city before, but upon arrival, I discovered that the men there lived very openly and very…
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