I had a dear friend who died of AIDS 26 years ago. Like Freddy Mercury he wouldn't tell me he was sick when my husband and I visited him in Miami Beach. When I heard he was dying 6 months later he wouldn't see me - he didn't want anyone except his significant other to see him.

So dear ...

It's especially poignant and touching to me, because my younger sister had died earlier, that same year, from AIDS. Such a cruel disease.

I am so glad I didn't read this before I watched the movie. I sobbed hard enough at the end already.