Before he died, he wanted to listen to Depeche Mode. Have you ever wondered who you would have been in the 90s? Where you would have danced, who you would have loved, what you would have survived, as a gay man. Today I read that scientists in Amsterdam have successfully used CRISPR to cut HIV out of infected cells. Completely. A clean incision through decades of fear. A disease that didn’t just kill bodies but it erased futures. Around one in nine of us. Friends. Lovers. Mentors. Men who should still be here. So this isn’t just a scientific victory. It’s a moment of light breaking through a long, dark corridor. Let’s honour the era. The music. The rooms where we learned to touch, to resist, to exist. And let’s remember those who didn’t make it to see this day while Depeche Mode plays softly in the background.