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...
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...
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...
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...
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?”...
Traveling with Bill: Nonfiction by Paul J. Partuzo
Traveling with Bill
by Paul J. Partuzo
Bill is trying to buy a bike. A girl’s bike because it is easier to get on and off....
“Save Tonight”: Nonfiction by Jennifer Sembler
Save Tonight
by Jennifer Sembler
We were standing among G’s drunken Italian friends who were singing an awful karaoke rendition of Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance...
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...
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...
My Friend Jerry: Nonfiction by Richard Marino
My Friend Jerry
by Richard Marino
My friend Jerry Lazier lived at 484 Hayes Street in the Hayes Valley. The apartment was on the second floor....
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