Author Archives: bdwardbos

YOLP V In An Instant That evening in Honolulu progressed as my All-American military hero and I went together to the only after-hours club, near the bars, and only two blocks from where my parents slept in their condo on … Continue reading →

Not Our First Pandemic: The View From a Long-Term HIV Survivor byBruce Ward Jun 23, 2020 6 minute read I acquired the virus we now know as HIV in 1984, three years after the first AIDS cases were reported in … Continue reading →

Someone Like MePart IV of an Ongoing Chronicle of the First Fifteen Years of the AIDS Pandemicby Bruce Ward In the summer of 1984, I went to stay with my parents in Honolulu. My dad had landed a two-year contract … Continue reading →

Buddy SystemPart III of an Ongoing Chronicle of the First Fifteen Years of the AIDS Pandemicby Bruce Ward The volunteer “buddy” program at Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) was in its infancy when I joined in 1983. At its helm … Continue reading →

1,112 and CountingPart II of an Ongoing Chronicle of the First Fifteen Years of the AIDS Pandemicby Bruce Ward In 1982, I was working at a mom-and-pop public relations firm that received the three daily New York newspapers: the New York … Continue reading →

Summer 1981. My twenty-second birthday. Midnight. Going to the Anvil, Downtown. The Big Apple! I am a newly minted gay man, exploring this new world, feeling free for the first time in my life, a whole new world opening up … Continue reading →