“I Am HIV-Positive”
Every time I give a tour at the AIDS foundation I currently work for, I share my status and say out loud, “I am...
blu sunne: A Blog by Lester Strong: Cheating Death: A Riff...
Cheating Death: A Riff on the Life and Legacy of Robert Mapplethorpe
by Lester Strong
My husband Dave and I went the other day to the...
Just*in Time: February 2015
Just*in Time
by Justin B. Terry-Smith
How can one such as yourself who is HIV-positive dare to be proud of it? How do you promote unsafe...
Reneging on Rape
Left Field by Patricia Nell Warren
Instead of Dismissing Sexual Violence in Prison and Its Health Effects, Some Are Unlocking Possible Solutions.
Rape is a hot...
Rock Hudson: The Shot Heard Round the World
Rock Hudson: The Shot Heard Round the World
Part IX of an Ongoing Chronicle of the First Fifteen Years of the AIDS Pandemic
by Bruce Ward
On...
Playing Roles…
Brave New World
by Corey Saucier
Playing Roles...
Embracing the new, releasing the old, and leaping into the future
My boyfriend and I are traditionalists. We want that...
HIV Is a Preexisting Condition
It is a scary time to be living in a world where HIV funding could ever be up for debate. Thirty-six years removed from...
blu sunne: A Blog by Lester Strong: Remembrance: A Deserving Bit...
Remembrance: A Deserving Bit of Forgotten AIDS History
Sometimes the past overtakes you in a very personal way, and you regain something you never knew...
Candy Samples’ Powers for Good: Blake Strasser
Powers for Good
by Candy Samples
Blake Strasser
I’ve known the fabulous Blake Strasser for the past five years, first being introduced to her when I was...
Fighting HIV Isolation (One Belly Rub at a Time)
In From the Cold
How a stray cat changed the game
by John Francis Leonard
I love animals. In particular, I love dogs. Cats, however, not so...