Second Acts: Bruce Ward
Hanging On
Clinging to a raft in the regatta of life
by Bruce Ward
Lazarus Syndrome” is one of the terms coined by psychologists and sociologists to...
Killian James
Oh, bollocks! My car, Mother Lincoln, is at Pep Boy’s again. Now I have to depend on my honey, Rudy, to drive me to my appointment today. Running late per usual, I’m still in the shower and luxuriating...
Ryan Potter: Ally
Hiro is my hero!
Hiro is a fourteen-year-old electronics prodigy who demonstrates his gift in the extravagant Oscar-worthy animated Disney film, Big Hero 6. Based...
Mitchell Anderson
Ruby's Rap by Ruby Comer
Mitchell Anderson
I miss Karen Carpenter. Every time I hear her angelic voice on a recording it soothes and stimulates my...
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...
Michelle Hendley
Groundbreaker.” “First-rate.” “Superlative debut performance.” The critics have sung the praises for actress Michelle Hendley for her luminous appearance in the quirky dreamy film,...
Benjamin Farmer: Advocate
I stir my Venti Caffe Latte, after adding chocolate powder and Stevia, and gawk out the Starbucks window. The crowd rushes by on 43rd...
François Nambot & Geoffrey Couët on New Film, Paris 05:59 Théo...
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...
Dear Dan Savage
Dear Dan Savage
When two opinion columnists have different audiences and considerably different payscales
by Corey Saucier
I was going to write a rant against Dan Savage....
Depression & HIV
Every Forty Seconds
We need to raise awareness about the other epidemic—depression
by Joshua Middleton
I am HIV-positive and, yes, I also live with depression. That’s right,...
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Plague Years: Review
Plague Years
A Doctor’s Journey through the AIDS Crisis
Ross A. Slotten, MD
University of Chicago Press
Reviewed by Hank Trout
In 1992, a commissioner on the Chicago Board...
