What have we come to 40 years after the start of the HIV epidemic? Antiretroviral therapy is one of the greatest advances in the history of medicine. Very few industries have changed so quickly and so often. 1981: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report publishes the first medical description of AIDS. 1983: French scientists discover the retrovirus that causes AIDS . 1985: The first HIV antibody test is approved for use.

Honestly speaking, I am far from the manifesto as a genre, far from slogans, appeals, armored cars and all this revolutionary movement. They repeatedly tried to drag me into gay activism, but for various reasons it didn’t work out. This text has been brewing for me for a long time, but it still hasn’t turned into any specific form. I don’t know what became the trigger; perhaps there was a phase transition from the quantity of thoughts to the quality of letters.