Redditor's father dies of AIDS. Others look behind the curtain

The first picture is of my dad, me and my brother a few weeks before he would be hospitalized.

My father contracted HIV in the Navy due to unsafe medical practices conducted by the military. He would unknowingly give HIV to my mom. According to how far along my mom's conditon was, she contracted it sometime between my birth and after my brother's birth. Neither me nor my brother have it, so it is most likely my mom contracted HIV after my brother was born. Because they were having unprotected s*x to have children, my father likely contracted HIV close to when I or my brother was born, but we can never know for sure. He served in the Navy in California. It was not common practice at this time to test heterosexual, non-drug using, non-hemaphiliacs at this time, so my parents went unnoticed until my dad became sick.

My dad became sick very suddenly. He started being extremely fatigued and losing his appetite. He was unable to work and would collapse from exhaustion at home. He was taken to the hospital and diagnosed with AIDS.

In the hospital, he caught the common flu and died from a blood clot related to his AIDS diagnosis. My mom is still alive and HIV positive. She is doing well.

Please get tested, no matter who you are or what your lifestyle is.

>navy

>California

>”unsafe medical procedure” (obvious bs)

>fruity pic (even I picked up on this)

Is “unsafe medical practices” in the Navy code for unprotected gay s*x?