The Scream of the Phoenix: Nonfiction by Jesús Guillén
The Scream of the Phoenix
to all kinds of survivors around the world
Most of us cry when we are born because the trauma of...
Walt Odets: Advocate & Writer
Digging Out of Stigma
Psychologist & Author Walt Odets Talks with A&U’s Hank Trout About Navigating HIV and Other Issues Impacting Gay Men’s Lives
When your...
The Test: Nonfiction by Paul A. Aguilar
The Test
by Paul A. Aguilar
This past October was the thirtieth anniversary of discovering I had acquired the human immunodeficiency virus, aka HIV. I was...
Book Excerpt: Fag Hags, Divas and Moms by Victoria Noe
Fag Hags, Divas and Moms: The Legacy of Straight Women in the AIDS Community
by Victoria Noe
An excerpt from the chapter, "Volunteers"
Nonprofit organizations, including AIDS...
How Online Dating Empowers Women Living with HIV: Nonfiction by Claire...
How Online Dating Empowers Women Living with HIV
by Claire Gasamagera
By the time we decided to meet in person, I had no idea how beautiful...
Never Forget Your First: Nonfiction by Paul A. Aguilar
Never Forget Your First
by Paul A. Aguilar
On June 5, 1981, just two weeks before my high school graduation and my eighteenth birthday, the CDC...
Traveling with Bill: Nonfiction by Paul J. Paturzo
Traveling with Bill
by Paul J. Paturzo
Bill is trying to buy a bike. A girl’s bike because it is easier to get on and off....
Yasss Child: Nonfiction by Dale Corvino
Yasss Child
by Dale Corvino
"Do you remember when we met?” Nico asked me over a FaceTime call. Nico had long ago lost his hair and...
The Custody Visit (1987): Nonfiction by Andrea Laiacona Dooley
The Custody Visit (1987)
by Andrea Laiacona Dooley
Seventh grade ended, and it was time to visit my father in Indiana. We’d last seen him at...
Left for Dead
I died three decades ago. In my early twenties. At the apex of the AIDS crisis in America in the 1980s. I’m long gone...
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Todd Lien: Advocate
Ruby's Rap
by Ruby Comer
Todd Lien
Todd Lien is a Star Walker! He raised more than $1,000 for the AIDS Walk, which qualified him for that...
