Heart-Shaped Boxes (and Noisy Beepers)
Heart-Shaped Boxes
(And Noisy Beepers)
by Hank Trout
Every February, department stores, grocery stores, and drugstores are filled to the hilt with reminders that the season of...
New Year, New Me! (Yeah, Right)
New Year, New Me! (Yeah, Right)
Start Breaking Those Resolutions Right Now
by Hank Trout
Well, well, here we are in 2020, an all-new year, bright and...
Death Sentences Be Damned
Death Sentences Be Damned
We've All Had More than a Few
by Hank Trout
Every long-term survivor I’ve known has received at least one HIV/AIDS-related death sentence...
“I Wish You Came with an Instruction Manual”: Our Illness Doesn’t...
"I Wish You Came with an Instruction Manual"
Our illness doesn't affect only us
by Hank Trout
My husband Rick and I (yes, after eighteen years together,...
My Brain Has Become a Sieve
My Brain Has Become a Sieve
Or Am I Just Losing My Mind?
by Hank Trout
f riends and I, all of us long-term HIV survivors, have sometimes...
Asking for Much-Needed Help Is Difficult—Do It Anyway!
Help! I Need Somebody!
Asking for Much-Needed Help Is Difficult
by Hank Trout
When my father died in 2010, I didn’t raid his house and confiscate everything...
Revisit the Past—Just Don’t Wallow in It
Revisit the Past
Just Don't Wallow in It
by Hank Trout
As I sat in the sun in my wheelchair earlier, plotting what I was going to...
It’s Never Just HIV
It's Never Just HIV
HIV Leads the Parade of Several Debilitating Conditions
by Hank Trout
As I write this, I am in the foulest mood I can...
Hands Off Medicare Part D
Hands Off Medicare Part D
Proposed changes to access to lifesaving meds would have killed us
by Hank Trout
Last month, I filmed a PSA about the...
Lean On Me
Lean On Me
A trusted tool, an ugly reminder
by Hank Trout
It’s tiresome manipulating a cane in one hand and an umbrella in the other. It...
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Not Quite Magical Realism
by David Waggoner
As you probably know already (If you’ve ever read one of my introductions to the magazine) I had the...
