All of Paul Monette's writings are worth reading. As a young gay person, after reading Borrowed Time in particular, I am now painfully aware of how lucky I am t

All of Paul Monette's writings are worth reading. As a young gay person, after reading Borrowed Time in particular, I am now painfully aware of how lucky I am to have been born when I was. Meeting people who have lived with HIV for a long time when I moved to SF just reinforced that. It may feel like the country is going to hell and the world is fucked sometimes (though I think the trends are actually more positive than people think :) ), but at least in this one area the last twenty five years have produced miracles. A death sentence has become a manageable chronic illness and, with PrEP, you can even avoid seroconversion in the first place. Wow.