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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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When Facing the COVID-19 Rampage, Blame the Fire Island Gays
The judgment of the social media gods, decreed Monday morning, was withering and furious: the buff gay men on the Fire Island beach over the holiday weekend were nothing less than suicide bombers. Virtuous gays [...]
Mark S. King Named the 2020 ‘LGBTQ Journalist of the Year’
Mark S. King, sporting isolation hair and wardrobe. “I’m just a guy with HIV and a keyboard,” I often say. It’s meant as a pithy remark, sure, but it also feels like I’m [...]
Film: Can a ‘Gay Leftie with AIDS’ Get Elected Mayor of a Rural Town?
Milford, Pennsylvania, is the kind of idyllic small town that Frank Capra romanticized in films like It’s a Wonderful Life. Nothing much rattles the citizens of this quiet country borough. They pay their taxes, vote [...]
‘All Boys Aren’t Blue’ is the Audacious Memoir of a Black Queer Man
George M. Johnson, author of "All Boys Aren't Blue" (photo: Sean Howard) George M. Johnson could not have known about this moment in history when he wrote his memoir, All Boys Aren’t Blue, [...]
Shopping for Socks at the Mall with Larry Kramer
(This is a work of fan fiction, and Mr. Kramer loved it. See postscript below.) The mall was abuzz, with people darting in and out of stores, wrangling their kids and chatting on cell phones. [...]
My Message for White HIV Long Term Survivors
There's isn't any way to discuss HIV Long Term Survivor Awareness Day (#HLTSAD) this year (Friday, June 5) without discussing racial disparities. For that matter, we should "lead with race," as NMAC's slogan goes, from [...]
