Last November 1, Daniel Sotomayor flashed a Gay Chicago press card and made his way into a historic press conference: Mayor Daley’s unveiling of the city’s AIDS Strategic Plan.
Nothing’s written in stone, said the mayor.
Daniel Sotomayor himself has AIDS.
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The next day, Sotomayor led an ACT UP demonstration at City Hall and was arrested.
Gernhardt finally told Sotomayor he was putting the cartoon “on hold.” If Sotomayor could sell it somewhere else, he should go ahead.
Gernhardt remembers visiting Di Leo in the hospital a few days before his partner died. Gernhardt: “He said, how’s the business? I said, the one thing you haven’t resolved is the Danny Sotomayor thing. He said, well Ralph, you’re going to have to handle that one for me.
So Gernhardt took Sotomayor aside. You’re suspended, Gernhardt said. Why? said Sotomayor. Gernhardt stated his reasons. Dan Di Leo and I agreed about this, said Gernhardt, even though he’s not around to say so.
