DOCTOR REACTS TO IT'S A SIN | Psychiatry Doctor Analyzes HIV in the 1980s (Episode #1)

[@davidvanhorn2493]

Fun fact: I’m in this show, I play a shirtless dancer amongst other things and it was a super cool time

[@AP-ex6qz]

You did a great job ! ❤️❤️☺️

[@DoctorElliottCarthy]

Yas this is brill 😁

[@dreamingofthemoon]

Thats great!! How was the casting process?

[@Mr.Majestic77]

Wow. That's must have been fun. I just wished that their was a cure and vaccine for that virus.

[@AP-ex6qz]

@@Mr.Majestic77 Yes , hope springs eternal! Plus, with the advances in vaccine technology thanks to covid , there have been some new advancements as well. I'm thinking of getting a shot myself. After a year or so, when they get the clearance

[@vidjas]

I was diagnosed with HIV in 1990 when I was 19 years old. I've only recently found It's a Sin, but I'm not sure i can watch. As a young straight white middle-class female, I had so much privilege. I participated in a number of clinical drug trials at the NIH (AZT was vile and heinous). In the 8th floor clinic of the Magnuson building at the NIH was where I saw the terrifying and profoundly sad impact HIV had on gay men. I also met some of the most beautifully compassionate humans -- patients and staff. Dr. Fauci's office was next to the waiting room and he was always sitting with us, talking and laughing and always a beacon of hope. 33 years later I'm a healthy middle-aged woman. I will always be grateful to ACT UP, GMHC, amFAR and so many others who were fought so passionately. I'm so glad you're discussing this show. Thank you.

[@Panpunk420]

Unfortunately aids clinics have been turned into general health clinics. AIDS patients have to work around people who have strep throat and a cold! I wish every clinic hasn’t aids-phobia erasure would’ve happened! Every clinic is covering up AIDS!

[@soft_serve_666]

So much of my love to you ❤ I can't imagine what it must've been like for you back then.

[@emilyday3211]

My mum worked as a dietitian in HIV for 20 years and said this show was quite accurate and brought back a lot of memories especially the reactions of people’s families and groups of friends becoming peoples only family. I balled my eyes out watching this and all though HIV is no longer a death sentence with the right treatment manny people are still dying from the sigma of HIV

[@ellenekanem]

Tell your mother I said "Thank you for your service."

[@dreamingofthemoon]

Wow this is heartbreaking and as a bisexual this also hits close to home. Just imagining all the people whose lives were lost and all the dreams and aspirations they never were able to fulfill is too much. Thank you truly for reviewing this series.

[@naterbaternaterbater]

We bisexuals were not exempt in the AIDS struggle.

[@DoctorElliottCarthy]

Thank you for leaving this message. I cant tell you how much this show has meant you me and made me realise how privileged I am to have the life I have today

[@ZackScroggins]

@@naterbaternaterbater Bisexual men in particular got hit pretty hard by it, they were largely blamed for spreading it to the straight community. Dark moment in our history.

[@mattbarneveld815]

As a nurse in the early '80s in Sydney, Australia, sadly, at the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, PPE was not used to protect the patient (although it may have had that benefit), it was worn to protect staff, and visitors, as we basically had no idea how the virus was transmitted. This is evident in the last scene shown where staff are in full PPE when laying out the patient and cleaning the bed unit. I was working in the "AIDS Hospital" Emergency Department (St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst) and visited my old training hospital (a very conservative facility in a "nice" part of town). I ran in to a nurse with whom I had worked and when I told her I was working at St Vincent's she said "Oh God, that's where they have the AIDS patients. I wouldn't work there, I wouldn't risk my life for my job". I took a step towards her, intending to touch her nursing badge and make a comment about being a Registered Nurse when she took a step back from me. The ignorance and misinformation, even amongst some health professionals was horrifying 😢

[@20dabarr58]

I felt so safe with Neil Patrick Harris's character, he felt like a safety net, the type of role model I needed when I was younger. *(Spoilers?)* It crushed me when he passed away

[@alistaircaradec2180]

There's something really striking, isn't there, about the way this show portrays found family. Nowadays (for me at least), that happens over the internet. Suddenly you find a couple of people like you and you click in a way you've never clicked with anyone before. That mentor-type relationship between Colin and Henry is absolutely gorgeous. Thanks once again for mentioning trans people when talking about LGBTQ+ topics. It makes a difference. It really does.

[@aerialexplorer772]

re "that happens over the internet". Are these relationships so formed quite as fulfilling though, over the internet? Do you still feel a warm sense of belonging if the only way to communicate is using a keyboard and mouse rather than face to face?

[@alistaircaradec2180]

@@aerialexplorer772 I don't know. I'm not quite sure how fulfilling a friendship is supposed to be. All I can say is I have rarely (never?) gotten a warm sense of belonging from my in-person friendships. All I've ever felt is camaraderie in the moment, and like I was included. Like a puzzle deciding to adopt a piece from another puzzle, and you can sort of make it fit, but it's still obvious that something is off. Now, I haven't really felt like I belonged completely in any of my online relationships either. Except for my husband. I met my husband over the internet and he is the one friendship I have where I never feel like an outsider. Of course the relationship isn't online anymore. We're married. I guess that's another aspect of it. Meeting online doesn't necessarily mean the entire relationship remains online forever.

[@aerialexplorer772]

@@alistaircaradec2180 Thanks for the reply. Makes sense.

[@Andrea-xf5kg]

Hi! I’m a psychologist and I think you may like a show called You’re The Worst. It deals with a lot of situations like meaningless sex to cope with your problems, depression, ptsd, attachment problems etc.

[@45mo4528]

yes, that show was brilliant!!!

[@rbridges2009]

I hope you will do reaction videos to the entire series. I was secretary for a psychiatrist in the 80s, and the episodes where they deal with the psychiatric aspects of AIDS really brought it all back to me.

[@DoctorElliottCarthy]

It's amazing isn't it. I'm doing vids on the whole series because it's just such a powerful message

[@tonycavanagh1929]

When the agent was talking to Olly and said dont go home. Going Home was a sort of code. I was London , born, but I was in the Army at the time. I used to go on the scene, when on Leave. Lads would come from all over the UK, to London. I would meet lads, make friends, then go back to the Army, then next time on leave, I would ask after someone, to be told, he had gone home. So many young lads went home.

[@anadvs1]

this show had me bawling my eyes out in bed lmao good luck

[@ginakearney4146]

I binged this series yesterday. Bawled my eyes out during the final episode. Was itching to find some reactions, and yours was the first one I came across. I'm glad to have found it and am looking forward to your insights on the next episodes.

[@serenapenner3581]

I was a young, straight, female living in Canada when i first heard about AIDS. I had overheard adults who were scared of catching this plague, that gay people could infect you with. I truly paid very little attention since the only gay person i was aware of was Freddy Murcury, and a distant uncle who still lived in England. My mother knew it was a concern in the States, but felt that we in rural Manitoba had little exposure to. Relatively soon though i began seeing news reports, and within months had a school assembly instructing students about Aids. I think I was in grade 6 at the time. It wasn’t until high-school that instruction became more comprehensive and I was an adult in my 20's b4 I met anyone living with HIV. Far after it became more mainstream, and long after it was appearing on t.v dramas like ER.

[@RCanadian]

My brother had PCP. He died before the lifeboat Oct 1993. He came out 3 years before; I too was gay but closeted. They asked me if I was, but I wasn't acting on it, so I lied. But it was all I could do to keep from hyperventilating when they asked. I didn't come out until March 2000 - I was 38yo. When I visited my brother when he was in the hospital, there were so many young men and a lot of them had no one to visit. When my brother had a family with him, I would visit the rooms and talk with those who wanted someone to talk to (a few were too angry and didn't want visitors - I could get that; they were young and dying - I still felt bad for them).

[@Adeodatus100]

Thank you for this. I'm watching this on the 40th anniversary of the New York Times headline "Rare Cancer Seen In 41 Homosexuals". I was 19. When the news reached the UK, we were confused and scared for years. I can tell you from personal experience, everything you see in this show is as true as drama can be.

[@cosmopolitanbloodloss3148]

I just watched this episode and I'm struggling to hold back the tears. As a queer person, seeing the reality of we were treated in the midst of such a horrible epidemic, to see people like us ignored and shunned for being who they were, is absolutely heartbreaking. This is going to be a rough watch :/

[@brasschick4214]

As someone that was in my teens in the 80s and watched the HIV epidemic and hysteria unfold in Australia as it did across the world this is bringing it all back. Really horrible time for LGBTQ+ people- especially gay men. They were under attack from the virus and society. This seems very true to life as it was.

[@herreguda6199]

I've definitely been Colin at a party - many a time. Somtimes I still am. This show is so fantastic and harrowing

[@davidwiseman7774]

This hit me hard as a gay man in his 50s. I felt like I was watching my life.

[@breeb2638]

I love that you've covered this! The HIV crisis was also before my time, but this series had me absolutely balling every episode.

[@DoctorElliottCarthy]

Me too! I'm watching the whole series so hope you like it. Such an incredible show

[@katy6896]

I'm so excited to see you review this show, I wasn't ready to see the clips again though. It's so heartwarming and heartbreaking throughout. The characters are all so amazing although I wish Jill had been given some kind of life outside of the role she takes in their lives other than her job. I'm glad you're giving us info on hiv, the person who plays Richie's boyfriend Donald talked about having hiv in one of the after show videos and how completely different it is having it now to in the 80s and I was surprised I didn't know treatment had gotten as good as he described.

[@DoctorElliottCarthy]

I may have an interview with Nathaniel who played Donald coming out next week... maybe..... possibly 😉

[@heatheryllanes6925]

The situation at the end is actually what changed mine and many others opinion on same sex marriage the fact you can be with someone for 30 years but have legal power over their medical care is heart breaking and was actually really common

[@CezzL]

This reaction is fantastic and from such a great perspective. I understand what you mean when you said it didn't seem like something you could binge watch and that you needed to stop for a bit. As a queer woman, it took me until this month to finally watch it. I think those of us in the LGBT community already have so much shared pain (especially in regards to our history) that when it comes to a show like this, we have to build ourselves up and really prepare ourselves mentally for it. Going to watch the next video of yours now ❤

[@adianethken9747]

For me I hadn't even heard until this show until this month when I heard a song by Olly Alexander but the second I heard about it I knew I had to watch it. I binge watched it and it was very tragic to watch but it was also so impactful. This was my first pride month really embracing being bisexual although most of my family doesn't really know. It was mostly just me squealing and celebrating on my own or just screaming and singing at the top of my lungs when no one was home. It's been really nice just sort of learning about the history of the LGBTQ+ community and everything and it's been nice cause I don't really have anyone to talk to about everything. I've really enjoyed just celebrating on my own and learning to be okay with being alone. This was super long and I totally went on a rant so sorry for that.

[@GhostJellyfish13]

I would really love to see you react to bo burnham’s new special “inside.” Very relatable to me at least as someone with depression and anxiety

[@Jupiterninja95]

Yeah when I watched this show with my parents we had to take about a week between episodes, it was just too much.

[@DoctorElliottCarthy]

Me too. I couldn't binge it. Editing vids on the rest of the series as we speak but I had to pause and reflect between each one. I couldn't binge it

[@BuckXI]

Such a powerful, and well-done video. This has become one of my favorite KZbin channels.

[@UpSawLiz1]

Recently watched the show and then discovered this channel. The most humane channel on this platform. I love your content

[@DoctorElliottCarthy]

Thank you so much. Any time someone comments saying they find the videos humane, compassionate and a safe place to explore issues like this then that makes me really satisfied with how the channel is coming across. Really appreciate it

[@CarryOnChronically]

I'm so happy I found your channel. I'm really enjoying your videos and I think it's because you are so nice and chill. I'm a massive sitcom fan so your channel is a great way for me to learn. It's very ADHD friendly and i'm so grateful for that. Have a lovely day Dr. xxx

[@DoctorElliottCarthy]

Thanks so much 🙂

[@stitchesandstaples]

I have rarely cried as much as when I watched this. I’m old enough to remember the AIDS/HIV ads they show.

[@mcsmmka5]

Really hope you'll make more videos about this series! Love your content!

[@DoctorElliottCarthy]

I'm doing them on the whole series because its utterly incredible

[@rozaw4288]

For me one of the more haunting moments is when Ritchie throws away that pack of condoms, thinking he won't be needing it since he won't be sleeping with girls.

[@katieturner6685]

Loved this series. I felt humbled xx ps you are gorgeous 😍

[@IESWlodarczyk]

I am so happy I discovered you dr Carthy! I love your gentle approach. Greetings from another UK healthcare professional :).

[@mirrors23]

Thank you for this video. I LOVED It's a Sin. I especially loved that they illustrated how hard it was to find information on Aids in the UK at the time...it was this illness no one knew anything about and we didn't have the benefit of the internet then. Such a good programme, I cried loads at the end!!!

[@jnewmark41]

Is it creepy to tell you that your deep, caring eyes are captivating? Your warmth and compassion are infectious and I am so glad I found your channel! You seem so connected to your feelings and that is rare in your field. What a joy you are!

[@melbaker9495]

It's weird watching your personal experience sliding off into history. I appreciate your explaining what is going on in the show and that time in our history. Infected in the early 80s, was an LGBT activist and took part in four clinical trials the last one was the protease cocktail that saved my life. Shows like "It's a Sin" are very hard to watch. I saw my generation devastated. I am glad that we used that pain and rage to fight and demand justice and take some solace that younger LGBT people have it a bit easier and that I was able to be alive in the generation that it was a least possible to live an open life, even if it was difficult at times. I remember the generation just before me who had to endure a life in the closet, but who set in motion all that we take for granted today.

[@missybayonette]

Goodness me, you’re in for a ride with this one. This will linger at the back of your mind for a long time. And it’ll be worth every minute. And now for a long and possibly rambling comment. I was born in ’79, so was a tad too young to remember when the AIDS crisis started. I do however know that my mum was absolutely distraught because the shadow of HIV/AIDS loomed everywhere. The first time I recall really engaging with the topic was when Freddie Mercury died. And of course, when I was at the age that I realised I was bisexual, I was also old enough to understand that we were called ‘disease spreaders’ because apparently I was through out recklessness that HIV spread to the heterosexual community. Quite a burden to bear at a young age... Quite a few years later I ended up quite by accident doing volunteer work for an HIV charity after doing a college presentation on infection control and popping in for some materials. I got asked to volunteer because I did not freak out in the office when there was a positive person near me, apparently a rare occasion even in the 90s. I know that on World AIDS Day my mum wore a red ribbon I’d made for the charity and told me that people avoided her like she had the plague all day. HIV became a real part of who I was through all the volunteering I did as well as all the people I met. Have I lost some of the people I have known? Yes, but not to the devastating amounts that some of my older friends have. By the time I made it to my previous job in one of the emergency services, HIV was only mentioned in passing as a potential occupational hazard, and no-one really mentioned it in the media. What really astounded me when ‘It’s a Sin’ came out was the amount of younger people who stated they never knew this happened. I suppose it is a testament to how things have progressed. When I first started volunteer work in the 90s, you had to come and gest tested in the clinic. The same with results - you had to collect in person. If you were negative, you’d get a stern talking to about keeping safe. If you tested positive, you had immediate access to a support worker. Compare that to today when you can prick your finger at home, pop the test in the mail and get the result in a few days with a text message. I’d recommend the Instragram page for The AIDS memorial to anyone even remotely interested. It really brings home the sheer volume of the vibrant lives that were lost, but is also a testament to the perseverance and love that still exists between friends and family, whether biological or chosen. The epidemic is such a part of the history of our community, I hope it never gets forgotten.

[@alanmundy1536]

I wonder how many people noticed the conversation behind Ritchie when he was ogling Ash ? It was good writing because it was the early days of HIV awareness, it was background noise. I recall reading a big story about AIDS in 1983 in Paris Match ,of all newspapers, relating the prejudice a sufferer experienced in the US, including being hounded out of his apartment building.

[@90charmedndangerous]

If you wanna see a another show with the same theme but set in sweden, id really recommend "don't ever wipe tears without gloves "

[@paulastapleton9072]

I totally understand you needing a break! It took me two months from episode three to manage episode four. This was a really interesting view of the medical side of things. I'll give it a while before I watch the next one.

[@Tamisday]

Oh my gosh I haven’t heard of this at all until now?! I have paused your remarks, I must watch it first, this looks perfect.

[@Tamisday]

This show ruined my life and then put it back together again.

[@youleeahnah]

I loved this video and your comments. Very kind and considerate. I hope to see more humanity now that we know more about HIV. Thank you! 🙏

[@Acko_Taco]

As an Ace this is breaking my heart. Thank you for this series

[@MeganasCoeur]

Thankyou for reacting to this show. It honestly rocked me to my core and i thought about it for days after it finished. Always interesting to hear your thoughts. I look forward to more when you are ready!

[@douglasmarshall3273]

You are adorable Dr. Elliott. :) I’m off to rehab next week, dual diagnosis with BPD. Wish me luck!

[@gameguy73]

One of the few shows I've binge watched. It was so good and so sad.

[@DoctorElliottCarthy]

I had to take my time watching this series. Reflected a lot between each episode. I found it too overwhelming to binge

[@Sarah-np5fx]

I knew I couldn't binge watch this so I watched it as it came out weekly and it stil destroyed me💔 the writing in this is absolutely incredible!!

[@ZackScroggins]

Thank you for putting this show on my radar, I'll be binging it this weekend.

[@arididomenico6974]

take my advice and don't binge it. i did and it was s o emotionally draining.

[@LainesPEIWilds]

This was a tough show to watch but I still loved all of the main characters. Reminds us how much we lost.

[@Harrison_J_T]

Oof heartbreaking isn't the word. It's a Sin is amazing but it fully destroyed me. It is unflinching and a brutally honest in its illustration of what HIV did to the gay community and it's so painful. Definitely a good call in not binge watching.

[@MrBeetlejuice16]

I remember watching the scene where Mr. Tozer hands over a pack of condoms to Ritchie and knowing what we know now and how condoms can prevent the spread of HIV my heart really sunk when he threw them away without any hesitation.

[@tempest6781]

As a person of any identity and preference, it's touching. Hugs

[@charlottemitchell7447]

The Normal Heart is a great film about the same time in America. It has Mark Ruffalo and Julia Roberts in it :)

[@altaclipper]

They were both great in that movie. Julia Roberts was so gritty and Mark Ruffalo was the least sympathetic I've ever seen him. Jim Parsons was the real heart of that movie, and I'm not normally a fan of his work. Oh, Matt Boehmer. He was amazing.

[@charlottemitchell7447]

@@altaclipper Jim Parson's funeral speech was heart breaking. It brought home the trauma these men must have suffered losing so many people while being completely ignored.

[@altaclipper]

@@charlottemitchell7447 I found the moving part was his constantly, wordlessly editing his Rolodex. The action spoke louder than his speech.

[@seamstressdragon8707]

I need to watch It's A Sin, it has been on my to watchlist for ages. I also highly recommend Pose, set in the New York Ball scene in the 80s which also reflects the start of the AIDS crisis and has a fantastic cast of LGBT characters played by POC LGBT actors :)

[@richieordeanidc536]

i just finished the first episode after watching this video. i am speechless. its 3:30am and im crying. the cut from the boys talking about their hopes and dreams to the nurses taking mr coltranes body away and then back to ritchie saying "i just want to be happy", followed by smalltown boy by bronski beat which is a song SO important to me. i can usually watch a whole miniseries in one sitting but i think this one is going to take me weeks.

[@DoctorElliottCarthy]

Take your time with it. I certainly needed to. It gave me more than one sleepless night thinking and reflecting on it but it's just such an incredible and powerful message

[@aaronbrown7217]

I think also when Richie's mother said not to touch anything unattended, she was referring to the Irish Republican Army or IRA during the troubles at this period. They used to commit acts of terrorism for their cause (which was to become a completely unified Ireland) and they planted bombs to detonate (examples being The Grand Hotel bombing in Brighton and Harrods in London) to frighten the British Parliament into leaving the North of Ireland and it caused significant concerns within the public, so therefore people were extremely concerned about items being left unattended especially on transport incase it was an IRA bomb.

[@ianrose6218]

Especially given the subject matter of this series, it would be interesting to see your thoughts on the 2016 production of Falsettos. Whether it’s deconstructing the characters and their mental health struggles or talking about the occasionally toxic relationship dynamics between Whizzer and Marvin in Act 1… there’s so much to break down. Then again, it’s a stage musical, so it might be a little difficult to get footage.

[@JackMellor498]

Me and my Mum adore this show and everything it’s done and did. You cut it off before it got to it, but I love the use of Smalltown Boy over the credits, one of the best gay struggle songs, and it can be applied to pretty much every character in the little family.

[@DoctorElliottCarthy]

Love that song too. Copyright is a big issue with songs on youtube unfort

[@CarmenJonnes06]

I love this series please do more episodes

[@DoctorElliottCarthy]

I'm watching the whole series 😊

[@anthonycavanagh3283]

I came out in 1985, I the bit where he is talking to the agent and she says dont go home when discussing his acting career, it brought back so many memories. .I was a soldier in the Army at the time. I would meet lads on leave, in London where my family lived, then back to West Germany, then on leave again, I would ask how is so and so is he out tonight, to be told he has gone home. Many lads would go home to die. And gone home turned into a sort of code. Brought back so many memories. The mental arithmetic in your head as you worked out your chances of catching it. My ex had it, I was convinced I had it the negative was a big shock. Lost so many people. I am 59 now happy single, but i sometimes wonder, if my soul partner was one of those who was taken by AIDS.

[@DoctorElliottCarthy]

Wow that story is incredible in so many ways. I'm glad you're here and you're healthy and thanks so much for sharing.

[@ghidorahs1fan209]

I'm crying already. I want to watch more of this show but I'm so scared how it will affect my mental health.

[@DoctorElliottCarthy]

No pressure with it. Dont rush. Take your time and if you dont feel ready to watch it, then wait. The video will still be here 🙂

[@arididomenico6974]

it's a good show but it was super emotionally draining tbh. it's heartbreaking to watch but it's also so well-written. don't watch it if you don't think you can handle it with your mental health, though.

[@charlottemitchell7447]

Have you watched any of it yet? Strap in and get the tissues ready! Anything depicting this and people's attitude to homosexuality and AIDS is so upsetting but so important. They were just boys having fun and living life.

[@lisasweeney9676]

Yeah. As a kid my aunt would take me to art shows.local ones. Everyone knew each type events. I’ll never forget her talking to an artist there. She asked after his boyfriend. I remember the tears, the hugging. I remember sitting in the car afterwards and her telling me about HIV and AIDS- this was the late 80’s/ early 90’s. I was about 10 ish- didn’t really understand but I understood that it killed and that many many people had died. I’ll never forget the artist face. And how he crumpled. I remember someone saying to him “ oh so and so is out for blood.” His reply” they wouldn’t want my blood x” and just the way he said that. So taking this show very slowly. It’s excellent but also very close to home.

[@DoctorElliottCarthy]

Blimey that's about as real as it gets. Thanks so much for sharing. I took the series slow too. Lots of time reflecting between each episode

[@zoom227]

NPH is such a legendary actor

[@arididomenico6974]

i watched this show a little bit ago and it's so heartbreaking. i binge-watched it because i pretty much always binge shit and hnnnn it was very emotionally draining but it was also such a well-written show. not surprised it's written by the same guy who wrote series 1-4 of doctor who.

[@mirrors23]

You've got my sub Elliott, only watched this video of yours and I LOVE it!! 👏

[@salemoh9759]

I see this for the first time...and wow... 2016 became I the diagnosis HIV I was one week in koma...3 weeks in hospital I must learn to speak and going thx for sharing 🙏🏻🥰

[@cristiadu]

NPH acting is tremendously good in this I felt attached to his character so quickly!

[@inevera3530]

Will you please react to euphoria series? Especially episode 2, I'm really interested to know what his possible diagnosis is, and I'm sure you'll enjoy the show

[@fierceunicorns3339]

This show is so real. It gives you the nice light hearted moments of a group of friends followed by the cruel reality of discrimination and death. They are raw human reactions. And a raw human feeling is fear, too. Fear is the deadliest and most dangerous weapon. It can be used to demonetise, discriminate and destroy anything different than what is considered to be "normal". It can be used to justify inhuman actions, strip away people s liberties and force cruel and cold ways of control in the name of public safety. When fear finds the right ground, it can be cultivated and it produces terror. Terror makes people freeze so much that they stop making their personal choices and feel more comfortable when a saviour emerges to "save" them from death. They are so terrified that they will believe anything their saviours tell them for "their own good" even when they don t make sense or reach a high level of cruelty. There is a fine line between taking measures to contain the spread of a deadly virus and dictating people s freedoms in the name of doing that up to an extend that goes off limits. It hits so close to home with what we are currently going through. And some people always become the scapegoats at times like these. At that time homosexuals were targeted on passing on the disease and everyone else thought they were safe from it. Likewise, now, the unvaccinated are blamed for contracting the disease and everyone else is safe. Both those narratives were terribly wrong and, as a result, people suffered and died because of these false assumptions. This need of people trying to blame a bad situation on a group of people and completely ignoring the behaviour of the virus and scientific data is what really helps it on spreading even more. The misinformation and the hysteria around it. If we manage to keep our humanity and treat people with love and kindness, we have so much more of a chance to beat anything instead of arguing with people and discriminating them for personal choices that they make.

[@Lynwood_Jackson]

My mom was a nurse when HIV/AIDs started. She said that, at first, they didn't even know to handle patients with gloves.

[@anfearaerach]

I identified with Colin the most, I'm a gay trans man and did not grow up with a lot of exposure to queerness. I think I sobbed through the whole series, I was pretty alone then.

[@thunder_heads]

Me too bro

[@olliehutchins584]

Your adorable smile earned yourself a subscriber!

[@hitgirl742]

I am fully invested now. I need to seek this out, truly devastating already but I love all the characters

[@NorthernFella]

Absolutely fantastic video. There were so many wonderful scenes in this series. I agree the scene where Colin comes out to Neil's character in the Pub he was so happy to meet another gay man. You were so right back then there was much more od a sense of community back then.

[@zacharytaylor190]

If I'm not mistaken, regarding the last part of the video, the preferred term is become "HIV-associated secondary immunodeficiency" iirc

[@BY504A]

I'll have to look into this show as it looks so real and well done. Many people I have known lost their family when they came out during the time period of the show. I can never forgive a parent for abandoning their child. They are monsters in my book. Many of these friends also shared stories of lost friends and loves due to AIDs in the 80's in San Francisco, California. It was almost unbearable listening to their grief. "It's A Sin" is so well written and acted that it just draws you in. Can't wait to watch more episodes. Would anyone here know if there are any statistics available that estimate the amount of the LGBTQ community that never come out of the closet?

[@brianschoch4291]

How is it possible I haven't seen a Dr. Carthy video reacting to any of The Soprano's?. Tony's relationship with Dr. Melfi was such a huge part of that show. I must have missed them somewhere.

[@DoctorElliottCarthy]

Never watched the Sopranos but that's a great idea

[@brianschoch4291]

@@DoctorElliottCarthy yeah Lorraine Bracco’s portrayal of Dr. Melfi is one of the best performances in that show. That relationship over the entire arc of that show should give you a ton of content.

[@fabiob.5785]

Essa serie da HBO MAX me deixou muito chocado e chorei muito 😥😥😥de ver como as pessoas eram tratados como lixos na epoca da doença😮😮😮😮

[@LukesDiary]

I'm gay and it's a sin made me cry a lot. Thanks for this video. I've subscribed to you mate

[@DoctorElliottCarthy]

Me too. Colin!!!!!!

[@LukesDiary]

@@DoctorElliottCarthy what a shame... I loved his accent too. Thank you so much for making this video

[@bewildered3687]

We lost so many people, they were treated awfully and what thatcher do? section 28.

[@DoctorElliottCarthy]

Yep. Awful wasn't it. I cover that on videos watching the next few episodes (editing in progress)

[@seamstressdragon8707]

Absolutely and in the America the last Vice President Mike Pence believes in conversion therapy and made a HIV outbreak in his state of Indiana when he was Governor even worse by refusing to lift a ban on syringe exchanges which would have curbed the outbreak :(

[@danceswithdirt7197]

TIL about section 28. I am American and already thought Thatcher was a miserable hag before. I've never called anyone a hag in my life. What an utterly disgraceful human being.

[@AMVactivists]

I love NPH in this. I love all of them.

[@charmcity4877]

I'm new to your channel and just finished watching your reaction/review of this whole series...you're very engaging and informative...have you ever considered reacting to the tv show "POSE"?...I would love to hear your commentary on it.

[@Nottz4Lyf18]

I think this show came out at the right time, i watched it last year during lockdown and the parallels were very poignant, the stigma of an infected person and how theyre treated even by loved ones, and the isolation they faced when they were sick and eventually desd was heartbreaking, i am in no way trying to diminish the suffering and still (like seriously still fighting after all these years thats the fuckin sin) struggling LGBTQ+ community. This show was beautiful, I damned the person who told me to watch this show to hell for making me watch something so damn touching. When i saw the teailer weeks before i watched it i thought “it’ll be a really sad show about gay life in the 80’s, HIV, AIDs and Death.” I was right, but it was so much more, Colin fuckin broke me, his story broke me. And despite never liking either Richie or Roscoe (i found them both a bit much and airing on sort of stereotypes) it was touching seeing richies determination and imagining what it must have been like to have the will to fight it, and the spirit to think youd survive and not know you werent going to win, that was sad, but i loved the heart in that. Rosco’s fuck it sort of mentality that was quite prominent (reminded me of freddie mercury), but then him developing a different sort of shame not because of having HIV but because of his own sexuality but being seen as a dirty secret for his family and the more afluent man he had adventures with. If you’re gay or LGBT+ or living with Aids or HIV, or have a story, my heart is with you, i wanna hear your stories and talk to you all, and Doc, great video i’m glad you got to be proud of who you are

[@altaclipper]

Realistically, everyone dies alone. It's the most personal and private experience we go through. People can sit by the bed, but they can't share it. I was a teenage party animal when AIDS was discovered and we heard all the crazy rumors and stories. The owners of the clubs I went to destroyed their membership lists in case the police decided to round up gays "for their own protection". And I'm not from Nigeria or Poland, I'm Canadian. I didn't embrace condom use for a variety of reasons and never contracted an STD. But a lot of the guys I was with died of AIDS-related causes. Soon after that, I removed myself from the community and never looked back.

[@altaclipper]

@@ohdear5890 I did. When I left a relationship that was literally killing me and stopped drinking, being gay just didn’t make sense any more. It just doesn’t feel authentic or real. So, yea, I left it and everyone in it. It doesn’t work for me. Period.

[@FriendofDorothy]

"removed myself from the community"? I don't get it. How does one do that? Being gay is an identity. It's internal, not just a sexual alternative. I also don't think you "never looked back". Isn't that at least partially what compelled you to watch this mini-series, or at least this video? Is it not memory? One is left to wonder how you identify at this point in your life. Whatever-sexual you are is cool with me but I'm just puzzled by your comment.

[@rassp3860]

I grew up in the 80’s and the HIV crisis began when I was around 14. I remember being so afraid and not really knowing why. All of us kids were really just feeding off of the fears of our parents. A very different time and not a friendly time for people who were HIV positive or those who had AIDS. At least that’s how I remember it.

[@natiraine4260]

I can relate to the feeding off parents' fear of HIV and AIDS. I was born in the early 90s and my parents were born in the early 70s. I grew up in an area that, let's just say, wasn't very nice and there were plenty of drug users around. I remember my mum, nan and friend's mum all telling us kids off for playing in a field where the "druggies" would shoot up and we were told about stepping on a discarded needle and getting this terrible death-sentence disease with no cure and you just suffer. I was terrified of HIV and AIDS for a good part of my childhood.

[@DoctorElliottCarthy]

Its and education for me being born in 1989 to understand what life might have been like for me if I was born 20 years earlier

[@johnnyace1300]

SO nice seeing a gay psychiatrist, applying to medicine myself this year, gay as well, hoping to break homophobia from within

[@fxbear]

I came out just before aids hit. I grew up in the Deep South and was forced into a conversation therapy group in order to continue going to school. Those early years haunt me. Deeply. I was one of only 3 who survived in my apartment building. Everyone just vanished. The mailman. The guy who walked his dog past my shop. People you didn’t know but saw every day, just vanished. We would read the obituaries every Friday to learn who died that week. I went to so many funerals so often, I grew numb to it. The worst part were the religious people. They were monstrous. I was on the way to bury my best friend and stoped behind a car that had a bumper sticker that said “Jesus saves” right next to one that said “aids: it’s killing all the right people”. What’s sad is that wasn’t an anomaly. I still struggle with anger toward Christians because of their behavior; then and now. My brother tells people I’m a pedophile because his church still teaches that. I survived, but it feels like a weight on a tight rope around my neck.

[@sheadoherty7434]

Yep, that's the most awful things I've read this week. Sorry

[@catsmom129]

That’s awful. The “killing the right people” line led to a certain episode of Designing Women, which you may know about

[@DJWhovian]

If you think about how quick vaccines and treatments have been found for COVID19 and yet when HIV/AIDS was happening where was that? Probably if the same effort was put in for that, then probably millions of lives would have been saved.

[@loganmacgyver2625]

Those two viruses work differently. HIV mutates quicker in a body than covid from what I heard

[@DJWhovian]

@@loganmacgyver2625 But there was still people dying and suffering everyday whole doctors and the government tried to hide it.

[@loganmacgyver2625]

@@DJWhovian I'm sure homophobia is one of the biggest reason why the treatment came out slowly. I mean it caught the scientific attention throughout the 80's and the closest treatment they got in the 80's was AZT, expensive and lots of side effects afaik. Same thing happened with covid regarding the scientist community's attention and they found a vaccine in a year

[@thunder_heads]

Colin is such a sweetie

[@samsouyave-murphy986]

Please watch Bo Burnham’s specials ‘Make Happy’ and ‘Inside’. Even if you don’t do a full reaction of them and you just watch them and share us your thoughts, I’d be happy with that. They both (especially Inside) show a man whose mental health is slowly deteriorating.

[@loganmacgyver2625]

Bruno powroznik did a great summary on the show, it's called "buggery is good for you" Jokes aside the show made me shit myself when I watched it after my first time (we was as safe as possible but I still got scared from the show)

[@IliePreda]

Please do episode 5.

[@DoctorElliottCarthy]

It's coming dont worry

[@nickygreenfingers]

The stress is also a killer if you add everything else plus extreme stress it enhances illnesses

[@spursmum]

I was ok for the first 2 episodes. Episode 3 destroyed me. I cried so much it hurt.

[@kezzojones530]

I was gutted about Colin , a girl I work with watched it's a sin last week as it's on Netflix , she got upset about lovely Colin's story

[@robrobusa]

The beginning with the kid saying "thank you and goodbye" really reminds me of Eric in Sex Education. You might wanna take a look at that show, too. :)

[@tecallaghan]

I thought watching this the first time was tough enough! You're going to make me cry all over again Elliot! 😭😭😭 It's something that, as gay men, hits home all that much more. The fear, the social discrimination, the heartbreak of loss - It's A Sin did a fantastic job of showcasing just what it was like for a lot of people during the 80s and 90s dealing with the terrors of HIV/AIDS and the lack of help from the very people we entrust our power to, to protect us. The scene at the end is very reminiscent (and I dare suggest probably was influenced by) of a documentary called "Silverlake Life: The View from Here", which follows Tom Joslin and his partner Mark Massi as they document their entire struggle with HIV/AIDS right up until their deaths (when one of Tom's film students, Peter Friedman, took over the final production). The scene of Tom's last day and the long, lingering look the camera takes on Tom's dead body is one that drives home harder than anything how devastating this disease really was to a generation. To go from the peak of fitness to bone thin corpse within a matter of years, all because society and governments turned their backs on good, honest, loving people is one of the greatest outrages I've ever had the misfortune to see. It is beyond criminal, in my eyes. It's interesting to revisit the epidemic that HIV/AIDS became, especially when compared to modern times. The spirit of community in those years compared to now is not lost on me. Neither is the lack of education or understanding of many. Nor can we not look at how quick a vaccine has developed with the backing of all major governments and think "If they had done this in the 80s, how much further along would we be in eradicating HIV?" The positives are that a new generation can see and understand the pain our elders went through in those moments, and how far we have come. We are now at a point where HIV can be untransmissable! We haven't cured it, but we have greatly helped to stop it's growth in developed countries. But we have so much further to go across the world. And we can never sit on our laurels about it all - we have so much more to fight for. And you know what? We can win. Because if being Queer has taught me anything, it's that we are natural born fighters! And you know what? We are winners too. As always Elliott, great insight and knowledge and I very much look forward to the next video ❤❤❤❤❤

[@DoctorElliottCarthy]

Couldn't agree more with everything you've said. We are winners!!!

[@MerelvandenHurk]

I fully agree with everything you've said. COVID has indeed shown us how much is possible with enough money and enough governments etc. backing research and development. Obviously much more is possible now in the 2020's than would have been in the 1980's, not only in terms of medical technology but also in logistics and international communication. And we know that HIV/AIDS works by (putting it very simply) messing up your immune system, and that makes it very hard to develop a vaccine since HIV/AIDS will just ruin whatever immunity you've acquired through vaccination. So classical vaccinations aren't all that effective. But we can all see that those things really aren't the reason that so little was done to develop prevention and treatment for HIV/AIDS. We can all see that regardless of how much result research would have garnered considering the difficulties, there simply wasn't that much effort put into it in the first place. There was no massive worldwide response of governments vowing to invest in research. There was no clear effort shown. There were no 200+ vaccine candidates being developed side-by-side to get to a working one as soon as possible like there were for SARS-CoV-2. There was no large scale network of researchers and scientists working together, exchanging information, to work towards a solution as soon as possible. Not even within the limits of contemporary technology. I like what Elliott said about the news being on page 11 or 19 of the newspaper. It's an afterthought. They could've done so, so, so much more. I'm much too young to have lived through any of this (1994 here) and I didn't realize that I was bisexual until I was like 23 (thanks, pop culture bi-erasure!), but learning about this jet black page in queer history almost feels like learning about the Holocaust, not because it was equal in sheer brutality, but perhaps precisely because it isn't. Perhaps precisely because after the Holocaust they all vowed never to let such a thing happen again. And yet... sure, there weren't any gas chambers or bombardments and stuff, but the way the queer community was just abandoned just feels like the modern, slightly less uncivilized equivalent of how the Jews were treated. Like less human, less important to care about, less worthy of noticing. Even though queer people had a much safer life in the 1980s than Jews did during the Holocaust (on average), even though gay people weren't deported and forced into labor camps, that doesn't mean they didn't break their vow of never letting something like that happen again. Because the true lesson we should've learned from the Holocaust wasn't about gas chambers and bombardments. The true lesson was to never, never ever treat a group of humans as "less than" for whatever reason ever again.

[@lizzy9881]

It was painful watching it in one sitting 😭 the ending made me BAWL

[@Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper]

3:30 omg. Dick Van Dykes English accent was the worst in Mary pippin