But he thought about him a lot in the years that followed, whenever anyone made a fag joke or said that gay men deserved to get AIDS. Sometimes, if the circumstances were right, Tim would challenge the speaker, ask if he- in Tim´s experience, it was always a he- had any friends who were gay. Almost always the guy would say no.
“Wait till you do” Tim would tell him. “That´s when you´ll realize what an asshole you used to be.

Author: Tom Perrotta