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RT Hunter Ash (@ArtemisConsort)When I was in high school, I protested against anti-gay bullying in the name of Matthew Shepard. Years later, I learned that he was not killed in a hate crime. He was killed by fellow gay prostitutes, including a former lover, over a shipment of meth. I felt deeply betrayed.I felt the same sense of betrayal when I learned the truth about the AIDS epidemic. The story I was told was that public health authorities cruelly ignored the crisis because of homophobia. In reality, they ...