dan glass: Rage, Resistance, Reconnection

HIV: The Morning After · Apr 9, 2026 · 1h 1m

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dan glass was born in 1983, the year HIV was first identified as HIV rather than the gay plague. They grew up under Thatcher's Section 28 with only EastEnders' Mark Fowler and tombstone adverts for reference. Death, isolation, internalised stigma - that was all HIV meant. When dan was diagnosed in their early twenties, they got drunk, went to a friend's house, cried, and she helped them to the toilet. The next morning, they told their boss it wasn't flu after all.

For five years, dan refused treatment. The fear was too deep, the conditioning too…