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The HIV, though, was clearly the one thing that really brought me to my knees. Just — I would just wake up screaming. And I remember a couple times early on, I would wake up screaming and Fred would be scared and he would run underneath my bed.

is the quintessential queer guide for dog lovers, offering a hilarious take on gay dog ownership unlike any other book out there! I felt like I had my life back. And I remember that I got there and this woman, like, opened the door and she opened the pen where these puppies were and the one puppy, like, ran into my lap and I was fucking out of there within, like, maybe 5 minutes.

And I just remember that my mom, when she dropped me off at Newark Airport, you know, at that kiss and cry area, you know, she grabbed my arm as I was walking away from her. I know it seemed the most irrational thought in the world. I would just sit there, like, laying on the bed — laying on the floor in the middle of the night, talking to him, like, tell — reassuring him that it was okay, that he could come out.

The book Joan Rivers calls my dog bible,” Woof! I was pretty brutally, like, assaulted where I was pretty much left for dead in an alley, and as a result of that assault I sort of acquired HIV. And I just found myself in a really, really dark and horrible place.

But within like a day or two, like, I had rented a Zipcar, drove up to Gurnee with a friend of mine, and I was determined to, like, get this dog. Join us as we chat to Andrew DePrisco, author of Woof! The Dog That Brought Us Together is a heartwarming gay love story set in Denver, blending laughter.

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Here was this puppy. My partner and I of 10 years went through a really difficult breakup and divorce. I mean, it was completely — it was not rational. A Gay Man's Guide to Dogs. My family could tell that something was way, way off.

I mean, what would make me think I could take care of a dog? Slowly, like, those night terrors went from every night to every other night and then maybe once a week and then maybe once a month. I went home one Christmas. I had a cancer diagnosis.

You know, and, like, that was my life.

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And I had to walk the last bit home with this puppy, like, underneath my winter coat, you know, because I had to get him home, you know. With him, in my room, I felt comforted. I have to have that dog. But when I got home that day, I was sitting in my bed, really not sure if I was gonna make it past another day.

I mean, way, way off. It was actually the day of, like, the Snowmageddon, which is now about 9 years ago. Author Andrew De Prisco and illustrator Jason O’Malley have created a LGBTQ classic that defines the 28 breeds” of gay men and recommends which breeds are best for each.

And we spent the next 3 days because, you know, Chicago was shut down, in my condo, like, figuring each other out.