Choose Light
I have had the great fortune, for the last two years, of living next to one of the most beautiful parks in San Francisco....
I Didn’t Become a Long-Term Survivor by Keeping My Mouth Shut!
I Am My Own Best Advocate
Never hesitate to challenge your doctors—you know your body best!
by Hank Trout
A couple days before Thanksgiving 2016, I woke...
Brian Jordan Alvarez: Advocate
I love spilling my guts,” remarked Brian Jordan Alvarez, character actor and impressionist, when we met at an AIDS fundraiser last year. Well, c’mon...
Just*in Time: April 2017
Whenever we divulge our HIV status we never can predict what reaction we get. But we all know that there are common questions that...
Having the Sex We Desire
The Question
We may be having sex, but are we getting the sex we want?
by John Francis Leonard
Well, I’ve finally managed to do it. After...
Self-Care & My Struggle with Self-Pleasure
My Struggle with Self-Pleasure
Self-care is an act of becoming
by George M. Johnson
Earlier this year I wrote a story disclosing my HIV status to the...
Art as Activism
Art is unstoppable. Take away our paints and canvases, and we will use charcoal on a wall. Take away our stage, and we will...
Ice Cream Diets
I keep strange hours lately. Trying to get something out of my system I guess…. It is 2 a.m. in my favorite part of...
Zack Ryan: Advocate
I met Zack Ryan in New York last year at a screening of Beautiful Something. “A compassionate, romantic drama,” the Village Voice aptly described...
Just*in Time: March 2017
When being first diagnosed with HIV I personally handled it as best as I could. We all handle our diagnosis in different ways. Some...
LATEST POSTS
A Top Ten List
I am emotionally, physically, spiritually, and mentally spent. So let’s keep it light. No long, lyrical extended metaphors this month. No highly stylized short...
