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I just wanted to thank everyone who contributed to this discussion! while there were some differing and divergent viewpoints, everyone made their valid points and no one got upset or angry! unusual for internet/forums discussions! :-)

I read this. It also brought back many memories of those early days of the epidemic. I was young but I do remember "Patient Zero."

We have had a lot of discussion recently in the forums about the site. There are things we do well and things we don't do so well. To be honest, after the Rentboy arrest, we tried our best to keep a low profile. We thought this was the best course of action even though we could have gotten more traffic back then. We have now decided that we will go for a totally free site with no paid upgrades at all. This will stop any exchange of money for using the site. The new process will still have photos and videos available to supporting members but those will be for escorts who post 5 or more photos and videos and for clients who post in the forum or who review escorts. We will also start encouraging more reviews and escorts to join the site. The programmers will start this week to remove all paid upgrades on the site for all members. As we want this site to be a great community, we ask what suggestions you have for the site. What would you like to see? What do we need to add to make it better for escorts and for clients? There are things we really failed at and we will try to improve upon those but often times, we can't see our own issues. However, we are open to suggestions!

The NY Times article details the discovery that HIV came to New York in 1971, then moved to San Francisco by 1976, far earlier than previously thought. "Patient Zero," long blamed for bringing the virus to the US, is innocent! http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/27/health/hiv-patient-zero-genetic-analysis.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0 INNOCENT!

I did not meet any escorts during my time in Medellin because there were plenty of guys willing to meet for free. I do know of an escort site similar to backpage which has a large selection of boys. http://co.mileroticos.com/escorts-gay/antioquia/medellin/

I just got back from a couple of weeks in Medellin and I can't say enough about the quality of boys there. I didn't feel the need to visit any saunas or pay for escorts as Grindr kept me busy for most of my stay. I found lots of young men appreciate the experience of older men and would make the first move to set up a date. If anyone has any questions I would be happy to answer them.