Memories by Michael Sidwell
Meeting men on the internet
At 18 years old around 2000 Michael began to surf the internet to meet other gay men "the internet became quite addictive, because you were always on there". It helped him network and arranged to meet someone at Route on Hurst Street. This was his fi...
Drugs on the scene
He believes that drugs and drinking dominate the gay scene. Michael recalls taking drugs in his early twenties, "I was in the Gale one night and a friend gave me my first pill, I thought 'well I'll try it'. Then I had another one and it was such a fa...