Torka aldrig tårar utan handskar

Det som berättas i den här historian… har hänt.

With this phrase the series Never wipe tears without gloves begins, talking about AIDS and its supposed relation to homosexuality. Fear was all over Stockholm, in this case, and having any sort of contact with ill people was as feared as death itself.

This is what they called for bögringen at Stockholm Central Station, where gay people used to stand by trying to make eye contact with somebody and then follow each other in search for pleasure.

Excellent story, excellent series, excellent acting. Touching, painful and true.