Title: activist/artist/poet/translator

Gender: Male

Age: 50

Sun Sign: Aries

Chinese Sign: Earth Boar

Location: Durham, NC

Ron Hudson was born in southeastern North Carolina in 1959.  He studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he received degrees in French and Chemistry and at L'Institut des Étudiants Étrangers, Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier III in Montpellier, France, where he received a Diplôme Supérieur d'Études Françaises, 3ème Degré. 

For 15 years, he worked in Clinical Data Management at Burroughs Wellcome Company, in Research Triangle Park, NC.  His work there involved drug development support in the form of programming and systems/business analysis and people management.  While helping support the development of the first drug approved to treat AIDS in the US (among many others), he was diagnosed with HIV infection in December of 1985.  He continued to work until 1994, when he left work to die.  The development of new drug classes has since prolonged his life.  Into his 22nd known year of HIV infection, he continues to live in Durham, NC, where he endeavors to educate about the ongoing issues related to HIV/AIDS in the US and the world through individual contact and internet interactions.

An amateur writer, Mr. Hudson has written a number of poems that explore the love, loss, fear, anguish and, yes, hope,  that surround the life of one gay man in his encounters with others.  His professional work has been published in “The Drug Information Association Journal”, but he has never before submitted his poetry for publication.

Mr. Hudson has been worked as consultant to the “Other Voices International Project” and has been teaching himself  Spanish by translating poetry from Latin America.  He states, “I have found it very rewarding to work with poets from other countries and to improve my understanding of their cultures and language.  I am thrilled to provide a voice for them in the English language through translation.  Our interactions have created deep friendships that are reflective of the nature and intent of this project.” 

Most recently, Ron founded the International Carnival of Pozitivities (ICP), a blog carnival for people living with HIV/AIDS and their allies around the world.  You can visit the homepage of the ICP at

http://www.internationalcarnivalofpozitivities.blogspot.com

You can contact Ron Hudson by email at ron.hudson@verizon.net">mailto:ron.hudson@verizon.net

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