No-accounts

Description:

The story begins in 1985 in Washington, D.C. Peter, a gay dancer dying of AIDS, thirsts for forgiveness for fatally infecting a young musician. Martin, a straight college professor, has made a mess of his personal life—his wife has divorced him and his teenage daughter won’t speak to him. He grieves over the loss of his favorite student, killed by AIDS. He volunteers to act as a buddy to an AIDS patient and is assigned Peter. When they discover that Peter infected Martin’s student, neither knows if he can face the other. No-Accounts is a story of two men, one gay, one straight, who learn from one another how to become men by accepting loss, including, in the end, life itself.

subjects: AIDS,  homosexuality,  care for the sick,  compassion,  anti-gay bias,  brotherly love,  HIV,  facing death

Places: Washington,  D.C.

Times: mid-1980s