DAVID JOHN ATTYAH

“Pictured left then right: the two champs of the million-dollar smile. A decade later, the viral gut punch. Don’t speak it aloud, neither one, bound together. “Not hard to do, really. The Times would not even permit the word gay until 1987.” Or, “US President Ronald Reagan first mentions the word ‘AIDS’ five years after it was identified.” The showgirl, the bodybuilder, and the guy the yoke’s on. Backlash and/or bashback.”