A Little Kindness Please
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...
The Bravest Girl I Know
I’ve had the joy of knowing some incredible people in my life. One of the gutsiest, most unique women I’ve known was at a...
If You Stand for Nothing
One of the luxuries of the full-time career I left behind some years ago was dental coverage. Luckily, until recently anyway, I’d never even...
What I Learned from Someone I Loved & Lost
Not a Day Goes By
Someone i loved & lost & what i learned from him
by John Francis Leonard
I was a reluctant convert to the...
My Mental Health
It all seemed to start one morning when I couldn’t walk the dog. It was a sudden attack of abject panic, a basic, visceral...
Does Your Inside Match Your Outside?
On the Surface
Does your inside match your outside?
by John Francis Leonard
There were some years in my life where I can say that confidence was...
With More U=U Study Results, Has Science Finally Set Us Free?
Positive Attributes
Has science finally set us free?
by John Francis Leonard
Well it’s here, the second part of the landmark PARTNER Study and, as we expected,...
Another Failed Relationship, Another Lesson Learned
Another Failed Relationship
Another lesson learned
In my last column, I mentioned a trip I was taking to Baltimore to visit yet another guy I had...
Dating Apps, Disclosure & HIV
Oops, I Forgot One Little Thing
My New Normal
by John Francis Leonard
So, I’ve taken that leap and faced the inevitable. In this modern age, an...
Undetectable=Untransmittable: Now What?
Well, it’s finally here. I, and many of us, have been waiting for it with bated breath. Another study, this one much more conclusive,...
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Buddy System
Buddy System
Part III of an Ongoing Chronicle of the First Fifteen Years of the AIDS Pandemic
by Bruce Ward
The volunteer “buddy” program at Gay Men’s...
