Columns

Even the most casual of encounters can speak volumes—volumes about how we see ourselves and how others perceive us. Being a gay man, as...

Flesh & Blood by David Waggoner For hundreds of years, many immigrants have come to our shores in search of a better life. A better life...

Serodifferent relationships can work, but, to be successful, partners (and those around them) need to be aware of how to empower themselves. Here are...

Don't Cry for Me I’ve had challenges, yes—but I don’t define myself as a victim by John Francis Leonard I’ve had an eventful life—who hasn’t? Modern life...

What do you want? For me to tattoo HIV+ on my ass? Because idiots like you don’t take precaution? It takes two to screw up. I didn’t...

Enchanting the World Living with HIV/AIDS & finding hope in magickal (not magical) thinking by Mel Baker In a recent A&U column called “Relentless ‘Gratitude’?” Hank Trout...

Just when I thought it was safe to be an HIV-positive American, I read that there are words that are no longer safe from...

This should go without saying, but in 2017 it seems that nothing can be left off the table in terms of what should and...

New Year’s Eve 2017: my sixty-fifth birthday. As I write this, slightly more than a month before the dreaded day, I wish I could...

When A&U announced a few months back that I would be taking on the role of poetry editor here, I shared a brief insight...