years ago, a few of us friends went and got our first hiv tests together. the results were in that friday for most of us, but for one friend (who had the most high-risk history), they told us they needed us to call back monday. on monday, he was positive :-(

he called a trick with whom he had unprotected sex. the guy hung up on him, then when we called back, got abusive. this jerk refused to believe he could be positive, and continued to fuck unprotected street boys till the day he died from aids. how many boys did he infect?

at the time, i called the health department and they said that, unlike certain other communicable diseases, hiv was not one they could do anything about.

they can come after you for the clap, but not hiv. or at least that was the case at the time. who makes these rules, anyway?



(as an aside, my friend decided he wanted to live, and is still on medications which seem to help a great deal. he changed his life and is in college, and he published a book of poetry.)