The COVID-19 Vaccine Is Here—And I’ve Decided to Take It
My First “Fauci Ouchy”
The COVID-19 Vaccine Is Here—And I’ve Decided to Take It
by Hank Trout
In February of this year, thanks to the San Francisco...
Writing the Past
Writing the Past
Ernest Hemingway said, Writing is easy, you just sit at the typewriter and bleed
by Hank Trout
On the Monday after Easter, I learned...
“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,...
Losing My Religion
Losing My Religion
How Many Times Can You Condemn Me to Hell?
by Hank Trout
I just watched the “1980s: Underground” episode of the FX Network’s series...
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...
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...
The Neglect of Survivors Must End
Everyone knows the statistics:
More than half of the 1,300,000 people in the U.S. living with HIV are over the age of fifty; by 2020...
The First Loss Is the Deepest
Do You Remember Your First?
The first loss is the deepest, the hardest, the scariest
by Hank Trout
Every long-term HIV survivor on the planet has stories...
Thanks to Whom?
When people discover that I have been a committed atheist since the age of nine (blame Methodist Sunday “Bible School”), they often ask, “Well,...
America the Disgusting
America the Disgusting
A post-election reflection
by Hank Trout
It’s 8:31 a.m. on Wednesday, November 4, 2020.
In sixty-eight years, I have never been so disgusted by my...
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Well With My Soul – An Excerpt
It seemed as if everyone had been trying to keep this secret from me for as long as they could. But Samantha was tired...
