Don’t Cry for Me: Resisting the Narrative of Living with HIV...
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...
It All Comes Back with a Song
Down in the Depths
It all comes back with a song
by John Francis Leonard
When I think of the fall of 1990, so many memories march...
Love in the Time of Long-Term Surviving
Someday He'll Come Along
Love, if it happens, would be the cherry on the cake; if not, i still have cake!
by John Francis Leonard
So much...
Positive & Penalized
HIV criminalization is a complex issue that plagues our community. It seems to be a crime for which the claims of another person can...
Protecting My Sexual Health & My Heart’s Desires
Acceptable Risk
Turning the tables to protect my sexual health and my heart's desires
by John Francis Leonard
The last thing I wanted to do this month...
Reaching Out When You’re Newly Diagnosed
A Friend in Need
Reaching out when you're newly diagnosed
by John Francis Leonard
As I’ve discussed before, I’ve left a full-time and stressful career behind me...
Long-Lost Friends
Full Circle
Finally I had the courage to return to the city where I lost my friends
by John Francis Leonard
A few months ago I made...
Contracting HIV: My Story
I'll Always Have Paris
Coming to terms with one's own seroconversion
by John Francis Leonard
I’d been so careful for so long. Safe sex was being marketed...
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...
What I Learned from My Partners, All AIDS Widowers
Every relationship has something to teach us. In my life, I’ve had three serious relationships, a lot of misses, but three hits (so to...
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