I smoked pot with the Indian from The Village People. I respected him As a person; a Puerto Rican person pretending to be an Indian.
I was in New York during the AID's era. I gave a lot of money.
One time, I payed $10 to leaf through Madonna's SEX book for 2 minutes. I also hugged a fair few AID's people at street fairs in exchange for $5 donations.
I went to AID's benefits at famous BDSM Leatherman haunts such as The Anvil, Mineshaft, and The Toilet (a rough night out, that one). I helped Keith Haring build a mini-golf course out of cardboard boxes for an AID's benefit. I stopped traffic and got arrested.
Other than your dullsville, pub bore, sniffy decrying, what have you done for the gay man?