In this harrowing memoir of the early days of the AIDS epidemic, Richard Berkowitz, a renegade gay hustler-turned-AIDS activist, recalls the fight to save the lives of gay men by assissting in the conceptualisation of 'safe sex'. At the time, the notion that gay sex was unsafe ignited a firestorm of controversy among gay men, many of whom railed against the implicit homophobia. Undaunted, the author persevered in his quest to raise public awareness and fought alongside beloved activist and musician Michael Callen for safer sex practices.