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More Porn Stars Are Positive
Yesterday it was announced that at least 16 porn stars have tested positive since 2004, which brings the total to 22 over the last five years. Unlike me, in high school and college Gwenn went beyond Algebra I pt. 2. She assured me that with roughly 1,200...
Porn Star Tests Positive for HIV
A female pornstar has tested positive for HIV, which brings back memories from 2004 when a male performer tested positive and shut the entire industry down amidst safety concerns. In actuality, the adult film industry as a hole- er, whole- has done very well with...
Reagan Statue, Like Prez Himself, Is Silent on AIDS
Last week a 40-foot bronze statue of Ronald Reagan was unveiled in Washington DC. Here's a speech given by Congressman John Boehner, who cries, yet again. Boehner, like many Republicans, has a soft spot the size of the national debt for Reagan. But for people...
Sean Strub on Activism
Through my boyish charm and way with the written word, I was able to catch up with Sean Strub online and get his thoughts on the early days of AIDS activism, as well as what went down in Hollywood last Friday at the protest...Hey Sean, how did the protest in CA...
ACT UP: Salvation?
I recently saw the horrible new Terminator movie, which I refused to review for the Hemo2Homo Connection. I'd waited years to see a movie based around that opening action sequence in the original... oh well. At least this funny internet video was born from...
Reality Check
So Eminem was in on the Bruno gag- I was fooled. It won't be the first or last time. Kudos to Eminem and his entourage for "playing it straight"... I thought Sacha Baron Cohen wouldn't have done it that way, only because a prank within a prank where...
Bruno’s Balls Out Performance
Bruno meets Eminem at the MTV Movie Awards. The YouTube video may be taken down by the time you read this blog. If so search "Eminem Movie Awards" over and over again until you see the clip from the MTV Movie Awards, a 2-hour promo for the Twilight sequel in...
Book #2 Finished… Now What?
It's been a little over a year and a half of the most nonstop writing of my life. But Book #2, the vampire book, is finally finished as of 2 AM Wednesday morning. To mark the occasion, this was my Decker's Daily photo the next afternoon. That's straw paper...
Memorial Day Musings
The recent issue of Poz features my former AIDS Walk NY rival, Kenneth Cole, on the cover. Ah, last year, it was so much fun fake feuding with him, and this year it was kind of odd not walking the Walk after spending the last few doing so with Team...
Hemo2Homo Connection: Star Trek
The Hemo2Homo Connection is Shawn Decker and Steve Schalchlin. Just two guys with AIDS who like to review movies. The creators/stars of the Hemo2Homo Connection met online in 1996, and posted their first movie review in 1998. Both have been living with HIV for...
Gwenn… Back…. Book!
So the last image of Gwenn on the blog was a bit disconcerting. Here she is yesterday, when we both ventured out for coffee (she had tea) with one of our buddies, Evelyn. Who apparently saw God. Am off to speak to another English class today, then taking in some...
High School English
Just had the privilege of speaking to a class of high school English students. It was more about being published and writing than having HIV, though I did go into a lot of the biographical background. (Hey, I did write a memoir.)I shared a funny story...
Nap For The Cure
Yesterday, Gwenn woke me up- she'd been awake for hours, sick. We took her to Outpatient Care to get answers fast without waiting around. Since it's not her blog, I'll just say she was having stomach issues. In the couple of hours that we were there, I started to feel...
Hemo2Homo Connection: Wolverine
The X-Men Origins: WOLVERINE Review Hemo: Hey Homo, everyone's all like, "Have you seen Star Trek? Have you? Huh?" It's a recession, and I'm still counting my dollars trying to figure out if I'm going to see the Wolverine movie... Homo: ...
Poz Magazine’s 15 year Anniversary
Poz Magazine's 15th Anniversary issue is out- read it now!I learn something new everytime I read this magazine, and that's been the case since my doctor sent me my first issue back in 1996, when I learned that the vast, diverse experiences of people living with HIV...
Blog of the Week
Yesterday I was crowned Charlottesville's "Blog of the Week". Most shockingly of all, I didn't bestow this honor upon myself. Marijean Jaggers of WCAV did. It was on the local news last night, check it out! (There's a brief 10 second commercial that plays before......
Lift the Ban on Blood
In 1985 the matching wrist/headband combo was quietly banned in clubs around the United States. That same year, the government banned gay people from donating blood because of fears surrounding HIV infection. I'm all for keeping blood supplies safe and...
Swine Flu’s Patient Zero?
In the HIV epidemic there was "Patient Zero", a handsome blonde flight attendant who is "credited" for spreading HIV to a large number of people. Well, now that the panic surrounding the Swine Flu has rendered the AIDS epidemic obsolete, I'm proposing a "Patient...
Color Theory Wins
Follow-Up: Back in March I interviewed electronic musician, Brian Hazzard, who creates music under the name Color Theory. His song, "If It's My Time To Go", was up for a second John Lennon Songwriting Contest Award, and I'm happy to say that today he was...
Shawn’s Tool Academy: Hate Crime “Hoax” Lady
Just when it was starting to look like Shawn's Tool Academy was an "old boy's club", along comes North Carolina congresswoman Virginia Foxx. Here's what Crazy-Like-The-Foxx had to say about her vote against hate-crime legislation named after Matthew Sheppard: "The...
Interview with the Werewolf: Andy Deane
Check out my interview with Andy Deane, we discuss his debut book, The Sticks: Could a werewolf eat a positoid and survive the meal?. Find out!
Decker’s Daily… Aloe?
*WARNING- if poo blogs upset you, turn away now*A week ago, I was in a bad way. For some strange reason, my body had forgotten how to create a turd. It really was a throwback to the old Viracept days a decade ago, when I first started on HIV meds.By day...
The Hug of the year Award, First Nominee
I'm thinking that I need a counterbalance to Shawn's Tool Academy, where I've been nominating senators and popes for tool-ish behavior. Awards for excellence in hugging, anyone?The first nominee(s) are from the Cable Show in DC. Here's Sean Strub speaking as the new...
New Depeche Mode Album, Old Synthetic Division Tale
Today, Depeche Mode's new album, Sounds of the Universe, comes out. As many know, they are my favorite band, and I got to meet them at 14 through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the highlight of my existence until I got laid. Today's date is a triumph for the band, but...
Decker’s Daily and AIDS Walk Update
Last week I launched a humble little program called "Decker's Daily Coffee", offering people a chance to buy me a latte. I was fully prepared to lash out and accuse everyone of discrimination for not supporting me because I have AIDS. (And not for being a shameless...
World Hemophilia Day
Today is World Hemophilia Day! If you'd like to observe the 20th anniversary of World Hemophilia Day here's what you can do this weekend. - Hug a Thinblood: Not too tightly, but not too soft, either. Cyberhugs are good, too. - Donate Blood: People...
Introducing The Confusinator
Apparently there was a lot of muffled laughter about The Swatchmen, a superhero group I will lead into battle the day after I am cured of hemophilia. (Read the original blog here.) Well, the Swatchmen Facebook group is bursting at the seams with 48 members, one...
Decker’s Daily Coffee
HIV medications get a lot of credit for my current health, which is good. They deserve it for pulling me out of the shit basket a decade ago, when I was really sick... but you know what really keeps me going now? Iced mochas. Just about every day I find a...
Hear My Tori Amos Remix
I've gotten back into writing some music as of late, and here's something I did for the Subculture Shock compilation disc for the Spring fund drive. If you're not familiar, Subculture Shock is a radio show that plays underground alternative music, and they...
Positoid.com
Check out Positoid.com to learn about the word, "positoid", and read some of the first columns I wrote for Poz magazine.