Works by
David Frechette
(aka David Warren Frechette)
(Journalist, Poet)
[1948 - 1991, of AIDS-related complications]

See:

• Here to Dare: 10 Gay Black Poets:(1992), Assoto Saint,  ed.
  Ten fierce and passionate poets often using gritty language that delights and disturbs with rhythms that hit you like winds and waves. Includes works by Arthur T. Wilson, Cary Alan Johnson, Craig A. Reynolds, David Warren Frechette (Too Through), Don Charles, Djola Bernard Branner. Harold McNeil Robinson, John D. Williams, Robert Westley, and Steve Langley Branner.

See also:

• The Crisis of Desire: AIDS and the Fate of Gay Brotherhood (1999) by David Groff and Robin Hardy
  With eloquent passion, Robin Hardy writes of the gay man's struggle to maintain power over his health, his body, and his sexuality in the face of a devastating epidemic. Building on the work of books like Paul Monette's Borrowed Time and Randy Shilts's And the Band Played On, The Crisis of Desire combines memoir and social critique in a forward-looking appeal to gay men to accept "the mortal risk of loving." Historically, AIDS forced gay men into a defensive position that devastated their community and their sense of themselves. Today, whether they are fighting for health care or exploring their sexuality, gay men are constrained by society and the government--and also by their own estrangement from the pre-AIDS era of sexual possibility. Because HIV is more manageable for many, the issues of sexual health, responsibility, and sexual empowerment are more vital than ever. A fresh and persuasive call in an urgent debate, The Crisis of Desire is a return to the Stonewall legacy, a bold commitment to connections based on truth, human care, and the sexual authenticity of the individual.