despite our sometimes dysfunctional -- lauren hoffman right here. my cousin who worked at poz to. dropped out of college to come work for poz, and other people. and my pal, naomi, who is just an amazing gal. so, a lot of what i have said at some of these other events i don't need to see here because people understand the epidemic, people in this room, and in a way that is different from so many other places i have spoken. so i'll do the prologue and then we can get into a discussion. requires glasses. >> december, 1989. new york city. i am nervousry sitting in a pew in st. patrick's cathedral in new york where cardinal conners is about to celebrate mass. it has been years since i celebrated mass and longer since i took communion. i remember the ah i felt as an an altar boy, and later the anger when the church betrayed me. it's bitterly cold. a near record low. parishioners holing hymnals in gloved hands. the mood in the church is tense, nothing like the droning boredom of the masses of my youth. as the minutes pass i think of the jesuits who said a good catholic acts on the social

despite our sometimes dysfunctional is lauren hoffman right here. my cousin who worked at poz. dropped out of college to come work for poz basically. [laughter] and all sorts of other people. so, and my pal naomi who's just an amazing pal. so i -- a lot of what i have said at some of these other events i don't think i need to say here, because i think people understand the epidemic, people in this room in a way that -- different from some of the other places i've spoken. so i think i'm just going to do the prologue, read that, and then we can get into a discussion. it requires glasses. december, 1989, new york city. i am nervously sitting this a pew near the front of st. patrick's cathedral in new york where john cardinal o'connor is about to celebrate mass. it had been years -- has been years since i took communion, the holiest of sacrament as, but that is why i'm here. i remember the awe i felt as an alter boy in iowa city at st. mary's and later the anger when the church we be trayed me. it is bitterly cold, a near-record low. many parishioners wear heavy coats. slush-covere