Facing Mortality Head-On
Contemplating the End
Letting go and facing mortality head-on
by Hank Trout
For a handful of months now, I’ve been contemplating a decision that I know many...
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...
For Some of Us, Social Isolation Is Nothing New
Be the Light at Tunnel's End
For Some of Us, Social Isolation Is Nothing New
by Hank Trout
Here in San Francisco, as I write this, we...
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...
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...
The Tornado Has Returned
The Tornado Has Returned
Time Passes, But Often Pandemic Responses Remain the Same
by Hank Trout
The 1980s were one long violent tornado.
Those were the first words...
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...
Pride In Spite of It All
For the first time in the thirty-eight years since I moved to San Francisco in 1980, I didn’t attend the Pride Parade and Celebration...
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,...
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One Heartland Hosts Hybrid Holiday in the Heartland
One Heartland Hosts Hybrid Holiday in the Heartland
One Heartland, the Midwest organization serving children living with or impacted by HIV/AIDS, will hold a hybrid...
