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I’m an HIV positive gay man in recovery from drug addiction. What’s not to love?
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Nursing Student Faces COVID-19 at Work and Fears at Home
There are trials by fire, and then there are trials by wildfire. Nursing student Brian Thomas never imagined his on-the-job education would transform into fighting on the very front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, or [...]
The Very Best of Humanity is Coming. So is the Worst.
The flyer was in my mailbox, folded and placed by an unknown neighbor. “NEED CORONAVIRUS HELP?” it read, explaining a local “Self-Quarantine Response Team” was here to support those “with compromised immune systems, those in [...]
Stop Comparing Coronavirus to Early HIV/AIDS. Just Stop.
Alon Reininger Contact Press Images People ask me if our lives today feel like the early years of HIV/AIDS, and I want to scream. There is no comparison. Just stop. No one cared [...]
This Sex Worker Survived Hell to Teach Us Forgiveness
Somewhere well into Every Grain of Sand, the mesmerizingly sad and ultimately transformative new memoir by recovering addict and sex worker David P. Wichman, the reader might wonder just how much more they can take. [...]
My ‘Trump Trauma’ is Real. And I am Not Alone.
(This essay appeared in the Jan/Feb 2020 issue of POZ Magazine. It plays off the fact that it was written in advance of publication, in late 2019, and how fast-paced the downfall of our democracy [...]
NMAC Changes Conference Name from ‘AIDS’ to ‘HIV.’ So What?
First things first. I don’t believe the national HIV agency, NMAC, acted thoughtlessly toward people living with AIDS – only one of the accusations leveled against them -- when NMAC decided to change the name [...]
