Pandemics

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Relationship to Fear

Relationship to Fear

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

This chapter details the author’s sex education at school, her being tested with a friend for HIV, and how fear of AIDS influenced her romantic life as a lesbian. 7 $0.70 Add
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Scar Tissue

Scar Tissue

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

In this chapter, the author discusses how he "grew up on a steady diet of AIDS fear," and the impact that has had on adult life. 10 $1.00 Add
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Smallpox
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Smallpox

From: Country of Poxes

Chapter 3 examines the history of smallpox. Discussing topics includingsmallpox origins, early accounts of smallpox outbreaks across North America, the emergence of new mutations, … 66 $6.60 Add
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Status Symbol

Status Symbol

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

This chapter explores St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, where the author has regular blood work. He writes that it inspires a sense of community, and it is where he feels safest from stigma. 5 $0.50 Add
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Surviving My Cousin

Surviving My Cousin

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

In this essay, the author writes about his childhood relationship with his close cousin Dee, who was also gay, and Dee’s death of AIDS-related penumonia in 1998. He posits that Dee’s … 15 $1.50 Add
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Syphilis
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Syphilis

From: Country of Poxes

Chapter 2 focuses on syphilis. Topics discussed include the debate around syphilis’ origins, the politics of colonialism,  the “Columbian exchange”, the stages of syphilis, … 56 $5.60 Add
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Taking the Guilt and Shame Out of Barebacking as a Sex Worker

Taking the Guilt and Shame Out of Barebacking as a Sex Worker

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

In this chapter, Lemoon discusses the impact of her bipolar disorder on her life as a sex worker, and how the public dialogue about safe sex needs to expand beyond exhortations to use condoms. 8 $0.80 Add
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The Conversations We Need to Save Each Other's Lives

The Conversations We Need to Save Each Other’s Lives

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

This chapter is a dialogue betweeen two activists who met at the International AIDS Conference in 2008. 9 $0.90 Add
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The Long Ladder of Shame

The Long Ladder of Shame

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

In this chapter, the author suggests that people like her – a trans Chicana sex worker who is chronically homeless – are terrorized by America’s obsession with pathogenic medicine. 5 $0.50 Add
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Those Who Left and Those Who Stayed

Those Who Left and Those Who Stayed

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

This chapter details the author’s experiences growing up as a gay man in Eqypt, and his work with refugees and migrants who have been affected by HIV. 12 $1.20 Add
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To Make a Whore Of

To Make a Whore Of

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

In this chapter, the author describes her mother’s ailing health and eventual death from AIDS. 18 $1.80 Add
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To Say Good-Bye

To Say Good-Bye

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

This essay details the author’s HIV diagnosis in the late 1990s, and how he feels discomfited by the Bay Area because of his history there. 10 $1.00 Add
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Tuberculosis
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Tuberculosis

From: Country of Poxes

Chapter 4 focuses on tuberculosis. Discussing topics including the present persistence of tuberculosis into the twenty first century across the globe including in Canada, the long history of … 61 $6.10 Add
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Undead Disco

Undead Disco

Variations on a Theme

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

In this chapter, the author discusses gay music, music claimed by gay people, and music that, sometimes retrospectively, narrates the gay experience. 14 $1.40 Add
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What Survival Means

What Survival Means

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

In this chapter, the author reflects on their time in Los Angeles in the 1990s, and her friendship with someone who was dying of AIDS. 12 $1.20 Add