My Aunties | Father Figures
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
- Stefan Lynch was raised by gay parents in the early eighties. He was cared for and loved by a group of adults, largely gay men, who he called his “aunties.” Stefan remembers the succession of AIDS-related illnesses in his family, including the death of his father in ‘91. Even in the face of terrible sickness and loss, his aunties showed him how to survive and care for one another.
This all-new animated short is presented as part of the new StoryCorps animation season, Father Figures, where father figures and their children share the strength and wisdom that they draw from each other.
Directed by
Richard O’Connor
Executive Producers
Dave Isay & Rachel Hartman
Producer
Savannah Winchester
Senior Audio Producer
Michael Garofalo
Audio Produced by
Jasmyn Morris
Supervising Sound Recordist
Eloise Metzer
Audio Mixed By
Jarrett Floyd
Animation by
Ace & Son Moving Picture Co., LLC
Design
Maurice Vellekoop
Animators
Taisiya Zaretskya
Natalie Greene
Original Music
Joshua Abrams
Music Performed by
Joshua Abrams
Hamid Drake
Marquis Hill
Emmett Kelly
Adam Thornburg
Music Mixed by
Joshua Abrams
Neil Strauch
Outro Music by
“That Kid in Fourth Grade Who Really Liked the Denver Broncos” by Chris Zabriskie
From the Album Undercover Vampire Policeman
Published by You've Been a Wonderful Laugh Track
Special Thanks
Stefan Lynch
Beth Teper
In Partnership with
American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress
NPR
POV
Funding Provided by
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
A private corporation funded by the American people.
Copyright © StoryCorps 2020. All Rights Reserved.
Families come in all shapes and sizes, but the love never fades away. This is a great, and beautiful story.
This story is so heartbreaking. We can't forget our past, even while celebrating how far we have come.
That hurt to watch...couldn’t help but cry at the pain and loss he suffered. It’s something most of us share and understand. For the survivors, it’s so important to know how to weather difficult times like that and shows how important it is to have a support system. Bless him, his dads and his aunties.
It's amazing how listening to just two minutes of someone's story can make you cry, then go and make sure that the people you care about most know that you care.
Your aunties would be proud of you, Stefan.
It's amazing how we get to hear his amazingly sad story. Hopefully he's doing great in these years.
That's absolutely chilling, can't begin to fathom what that was like to live out in real time. So many wonderful people lost... I'm glad Stefan shared his family's story!
This is the second time I've watched this and cried. What a joy to have these loving men in his life and what a tragedy to lose them. I'm so glad he was able to share them like that.
It would have been so difficult to see so much of his family just...disappear like that. It’s so tragic what these diseases will do. I’m just so glad that there are treatments available to give people chances at life again.
My heart goes out to the aunties still alive and the sweet man from the story. I hope for all the best in the future. ❤️
If only I could find a family for myself like that. This was a heartbreaking yet heartwarming tale they shared.
This pulled all the strings of my heart. I salute you and your strength
Why is this channel not more known? These stories are amazing- and so eye opening. Love them 💞
I can't imagine losing that much family in such a short amount of time. My heart goes out to you.
Oh my heart, experiencing so many deaths in such a young age. But im so glad to know that he is in a place rich of love and care. It warms my heart.
Wow I cannot even imagine how hard it must have been for so much of his family and people he loved to have died in a short period of time. I hope Stefan and his family are well.
Definetly underrated by a million
Your stories are
So powerful and emotional, it shows us how people have dealt with many things in life, not only deaths but moving on ...
Thanks for everything story corps keep it up
Man, these stories always give me the feels
Thank you for these stories 🙏🏼
These deserve so many more views.
It's amazing how this channel tells amazing stories and it is not getting the attention and awareness it deserves. You guys are amazing.
God this made cry no one should lose so many ones in such a short period of time but then again that's life
Thank you for continuing to produce these. They are powerful and essential.
Still pumping out stuff, amazing
Such a terrible time in our world. God bless all of the aunties out there.
When I went to the San Francisco Gay Pride Parade a few years back, I wound up standing towards the end for a while, just past the point where all the marchers peeled off to Civic Center. The motorized vehicles and some organized contingents kept on going past us on Market Street towards their dispersal spots, so what I saw marching by was bits of the parade punctuated by large empty stretches where the marchers had just been.
It felt like contingent after contingent of the silent, invisible ghosts of men who died of AIDS was marching past me, men whose lives had once helped create and celebrate Pride in SF. All I could see was the empty places they had left in that parade-and in the life of our community and in the hearts of those who loved them. It was an image of overwhelming loss that I’ll never forget.
You guys always manage to show heart warming and heart wrenching stories in the most beautiful way possible. Thank you.
Damn it now I'm crying these stories are so powerful
Such a powerful story it's so difficult taking care of a loved one who is sick. So moving that your aunties where there to help you and that you remained close.
Happy to see a new story.
That is so emotional. He was truly blessed having such a wonderful family.
wow just wow the last line was so powerful and shocking
" my aunties it was a powerful family it was a lot of love and they modeled for em how to survive an epidemic even of you were dying while doing it " just hits really hard to so many people i have the experience of knowing such a lose but man just the heartwarming yet sour thing many ppl might have needed to see. thank you for this content so sincere and so genuine a gem in the animated stories . love the team
Oh! *sniff* Thank you for sharing - that was beautiful
I love this page/site/channel. It makes me smile, laugh, cry and experience so much. Thank you for what you created.
I'm here shaking crying rn
That last line hit me like a freight train
Aw that's such a sad and powerful story... I hope those men rest peacefully
My Uncle Rob passed away, Summer of 96, from aids. I never got to meet him, expect when he touched my mom (his sisters') belly when she was pregnant with me. I've only ever heard the best stories about him, how he was a great cook, or would always keep everyone safe, and out of trouble. He was gay, however did have a child with a very close friend of his. My cousin is the light he shined in our family, and I am so proud, to know I am related to such a great man.
Wonderful story. Thank you for telling this.
absolutely heartbreaking. I'm so happy that he still has strength and love throughout it all
literally bawling
Beautiful, thank you for sharing
I don't know if this comment would be seen by someone in a few weeks, months or years later. But I see potential of this channel and the stories of people help others. Just enough people. Just enough for me. Maybe one day humanity will see a "perfect" future. But right now is still in progressing to that goal.
Thank you for your story.
This needs more attention, people should see this
That was beautiful!!!
Thank you for sharing!
so beautiful and inspiring. thank you for sharing.
A family is a family, even if it isn't typical or what you would expect. This disease could have been under control much sooner if people hadn't been so close minded. I pray you get to keep your remaining family as long as possible. I wish you'd been able to hold on to everyone. Thank you for this story.
This breaks my heart, but also brings such hope.
I.... this was beautiful I cried for these men I never knew....in a way I am jealous that you have been so blessed with them but I’m also crying for your loss and the worlds loss at these men
We need stories like this. So many young gay and straight people today have absolutely no idea how devastating the AIDS crisis was. There really is a "lost generation" of gay people from this epidemic. It's something that not only needs to be remembered in gay culture and history, but in history in general. It's so important to remember those we lost.
The animation and story is so beautiful
That was absolutely beautiful.
ur stories always give me happiness :) been watching since 2015
Hello I love all your videos and I love the people who did these
And rip all people who died
I feel so sorry for him that he lost almost 2/3rd of his family. God bless you.
What a beautiful story, thank you for sharing a wonderful memories of your loved ones through a tragic time.
Thank you for sharing.
i love it! thanks for telling your story!
You guys are so amaizing at everything you do
Brilliant. Absolutely beautiful. Thank you StoryCorps!
You can hear the sadness In his voice.
This is a great story.
What an amazing and horrifying story... Thank you for sharing
The lives lost to AIDS are precious and won't be forgotten, thank you for sharing this story.
I loved this one it is a tearjerker through and through
Best tias ever ❤
With all respect, I miss the old animation on Storycorps, I am not U.S.A citizen, but I just hope Rauch Bros and Tim Rauch would come back to animate these amazing stories!
i didnt expect to cry at the end of this
This animation is gorgeous.
These stories need more recognition for how beautiful they are. But there will always be the people who are full of hate so maybe it is better this way.
Bravo StoryCorps!! Bravo!! Great Job In Your Presentation!! #AuntiesRock
I really liked your story. I met a whole bunch of gay men in college and in the Navy and even lived with some. Now, I am straight, always have been, always will be but those gay men were some of the best friends I ever had and I would go to the ends of the Earth for them. Unlike what a lot of people think, they always respected my sexuality and never tried to make a move on me. In fact, they were find girls for me to date. Anyway, you just brought me back... thanks.
I feel a lot of young gay men, including me at a point, didn't understand the magnitude of the AIDS crisis and what it was to the community. My heart goes out to all that lost their lives.
That's rough, but a beautiful story.
this is so amazing, I've never cried so hard
God I love this so much but it tugs at my heartstrings at the same time. I can only imagine having that kind of dynamic in my family and having it all ripped away from me like that. Wonderful story
I kinda needed to hear this, thanks
This was so beautiful thank you for sharing your story I really hope that you and your aunties have a wonderful life
that was really sweet. some of my family members are getting old/sick, it’s things like this that remind me that things are going to be okay
This is so wholesome!
This breaks my heart. Too many good people gone from this world. X
I wish love and kindness for y’all now and forever.
This was really sweet and sad and I'm so sorry that happened to him. Beautiful animation
This was an amzing story 🙌
No, I'm not crying
I hope you find your path of life and be happy through out your journey.
💐😊💕
It's nice to see that this guy grew up with a loving and supportive family despite losing so many of his closest relatives. #AIDSsuck
Oh gosh this made me cry
Holy frick. I can't even imagine losing almost my entire family one by one. I mean, I can, but it freaks me the heck out to even think of one relative dying.
What a powerful story ! Thank you for sharing, I found this to be uplifting and poignant. Beautiful.
I always enjoy hearing peoples stories
We need more stories like these i swear ☹ so wholesome
Beautifully told, and beautifully drawn ❤️
His whole family sound so loving and fun it’s really sad to hear some on them died from aids 😢😭 this story hit me hard make more LGBT 🏳️🌈 stories please
Great story.
That ladies and gentlemen is a true family.
What a sweet, kind, tender man. This story made me think of my own family, and makes me wonder what could’ve happened if we were born in a different time :(
This video is the definition of a proud family is, it doesn't matter what gender, sexuality or race is. As long as you have sympathy for each other and for yourself you will have a tight bond that will never be broken by the rules or laws of what country or state you are in
I can’t believe there is no comment on this amazing video keep going your content is amazing
Oh the feels they hurt so much