Housing Is Healthcare—Demand It!
Imagine you’re a long-term survivor of HIV/AIDS in your sixties living in San Francisco. In the 1980s or ‘90s, your health forced you to...
We Need to Remember AIDS Lessons Learned During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Have Americans Really Forgotten AIDS?!
We Need to Remember AIDS Lessons Learned During the Coronavirus Pandemic
by Hank Trout
In this time of confronting a deadly virus,...
HIV, Cancer, Us
HIV, Cancer, Us
HIV increases the risk of cancer, especially in long-term survivors
by Hank Trout
If you log on to Facebook, Twitter, or other social media...
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...
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It seemed as if everyone had been trying to keep this secret from me for as long as they could. But Samantha was tired...
