http://www.shawnandgwenn.com HIV education, AIDS, sexual health, sex education, humor. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:37:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When I first started blogging about being HIV positive (those blogs are somewhere, I think) in 1996, one of the ideas I had was The Labtest Contest.  I wanted to make getting my routine rounds of blood drawing fun for my new friends in the AIDS community.At the time, I ... http://www.shawnandgwenn.com/the-labtest-contest-is-here-so-win-something/ Think there's no more progress to be made for women now that Kathryn Bigelow cockblocked ex-hubbie James Cameron and became the first female to win Best Director last night at the Oscars?  Think again.The most recent issue of Poz explores how women are handling life with HIV and the sobering ... http://www.shawnandgwenn.com/today-is-international-womens-day/ This is the first Positoid of the Day Award.  I won't be able to do this every day, just whenever someone with HIV does something inspiring or magical or both. Today's Positoid of the Day is Poz coverboy Jack Mackenroth, who has more than earned the honor with this Flashdance-inspired ... http://www.shawnandgwenn.com/positoid-of-the-day-jack-mackenroth/ I'd posted about Gwenn and I showcasing at the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) conference a couple of weeks ago, but I haven't really said what a big deal that was. We got a much coveted 15-minute slot to do our thing, selected from hundreds of submissions, because you're ... http://www.shawnandgwenn.com/friendly-faces-at-naca/ While in LA Gwenn and I also hung out with Josh and Jenny, whom I went through the last trimester of high school with and beyond.  Josh and I always made our own entertainment in Waynesboro... and, as it turns out, we continue to entertain ourselves, at least as ... http://www.shawnandgwenn.com/the-legendary-rocktree-brothers/ This semester has been busy for me and Gwenn, and thus far we've had a great response to our program, A Boy, A Girl, A Virus, which is all about safe, sexual decision-making and how we keep Gwenn safe in our relationship.Here we are at the Association of Fraternal Leaders ... http://www.shawnandgwenn.com/friendly-faces-aflv-and-naca-pt-1/ A recent, small study at the University of Kentucky examined why some don't enjoy condoms- the main reason?  They don't fit right.  That's according to the 400 young men who'd recently used (or attempted to use) condoms for penile-vaginal intercourse.Read the report on Poz.com here.With this week being National Condom ... http://www.shawnandgwenn.com/a-nice-fit-for-national-condom-week/ Gwenn and I managed to avoid Snowpacolypse and get to everywhere we needed to last week, flying from Virginia to California, St. Louis and then Boston before getting back home today.  We really lucked out, avoiding snow that came before and after we left home and getting out of St. ... http://www.shawnandgwenn.com/back-home-2/ Remember how I got sick and had to miss our World AIDS Day talk last December?  It's okay if you don't.  Well, on Tuesday night we made up that failed date, speaking at Cal State University San Marcos to recognize National Condom Day.  We got out of Virginia just before ... http://www.shawnandgwenn.com/california-state-university-san-marcos/ The weekend was so packed with snow and events that I didn't have time to load the rest of my iMovie trailers from seven odd years ago.  So you'll have to wait for Alien Pen and Rusty the Vampire Deer Hunter...One thing I didn't have to wait long on was ... http://www.shawnandgwenn.com/snomg-super-black-aids-bowl-weekend/