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...
Just Another Death Sentence: Nonfiction by Hank Trout
One morning in July 1989, I woke up with my right eye swollen completely shut and cysts all over my chest and belly. I...
Love Wins: Nonfiction by Tim Patten
President Obama was on TV! It was June 26, 2015, and the president was making a speech about marriage and how it now represented...
We Blessed: Nonfiction by John Boucher
We Blessed
by John Boucher
The following story is true. The names have been changed and composite characters created in order to protect the innocent, and...
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...
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...
The Heaven of Our Eyes: Nonfiction by Raymond Luczak
Creative Nonfiction by Raymond Luczak
The Heaven of Our Eyes
in memory of my 25 deaf gay friends who’ve died from AIDS-related complications
I awake to find...
Clean: Nonfiction by Norman Belanger
Are you clean?” my Grindr date asks me. He’s cute and young, about thirty, give or take. His name is Kenny.
“What do you mean?”...
Stella: Nonfiction by Hank Trout
Stella
by Hank Trout
I first met Jim the day I tried to pick up his boyfriend at the Polk Gulch Saloon.
The Gulch was a...
Elena Schwolsky: Advocate
Cuba Beckons
Nurse Elena Schwolsky Built Bridges During the Early AIDS Pandemic
by Dann Dulin
What do you call it when you fall in love with a...
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Plague Years: Review
Plague Years
A Doctor’s Journey through the AIDS Crisis
Ross A. Slotten, MD
University of Chicago Press
Reviewed by Hank Trout
In 1992, a commissioner on the Chicago Board...
