1987 looms as a year of fear, fortitude, and firsts for the AIDS Quilt, Nancy Pelosi, and me

1987 looms as a year of fear, fortitude, and firsts for the AIDS Quilt, Nancy Pelosi, and me

1987. Oh, that indescribable, unforgettable year. It was my first year on Capitol Hill. It was also Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi’s. And it was the year, in October, when the AIDS Memorial Quilt was laid out on the National Mall for the first time and laid bare innumerable emotions.Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter.During this year's WorldPride, I returned to the quilt, decades later,…