Gwenn and I are taking the Celibacy Challenge in solidarity with our gay, blood-donating friends.(photo by Christina Fleming)Would you give up sex for one year to donate blood?When the FDA lifted the the gay blood ban, that was their caveat. GLAAD, with the help of...
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Until There’s a Cure… There’s The Cure
This year Friday the 13th and Valentine's Day ended up back-to-back. Which, considering how masochistic the emotion of love can be, seems quite appropriate. But, without love, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be here. I'm going to write a list of a few of my Loves and, if...
Got My Brain Checked Out
A few years ago I was scheduled to get the inner workings of my brain checked out. I'm not sure what lead to the scheduling of the appointment, perhaps I confided in my doctor that I felt particularly forgetful or just not with it mentally. What I do remember is that,...
Limping Into 2015, Literally
"To survive in this world, sometimes you must have the eye of the over-sized domesticated cat." - me My last blog post was on December 4th- I was ending the year of 2014 in arguably the prime of my life: confidant and wearing a moustache for the first time, standing...
Cash for the Stache? Let’s Rock AIDS!!
You've seen the moustache... and more of me than you intended to this week... and, well, the time has come... so let's harness the full power of Freddie Mercury together! The fundraising drive for MTV Staying Alive is live- from now through Saturday you can make a...
My Sexy Freddie Mercury Shower Pic
The Freddie Mercury moustache has arrived in style on World AIDS Day thanks to Jack Mackenroth's #weareALLclean social media campaign/fundraiser for Housing Works. It's been so much fun to participate in and donate to this as I prepare to call on friends to donate to...
We Are Clean… AND the Champions (of the World)
Shawn is growing a Freddie Mercury moustache to raise money for the MTV Staying Alive Foundation. Donations are doubled starting at 5 am EST on Thursday, December 4 and through Saturday, December 6(Click to donate!). Also, for every $1 donated Durex is donating 5...
The Power of a Freddie Mercury Moustache
I'm in the process of doing something I've never done before... I'm growing a Freddie Mercury moustache. I'm revealing the moustache on World AIDS Day, December 1. Then, with your help we will, WE WILL rock AIDS together for the MTV Staying Alive Foundation. Because...
Former POZ Coverboy, Bob Bowers, Rocks On VH1
Last month I posted a critical observation of VH1's reality TV show, Couples Therapy. The post was in regard to how castmember Evel Dick's HIV disclosure (in episode 5, "The Truth is Out There") was handled. Two weeks ago, however, the show really stepped up when they...
Pedro Zamora, Half A Lifetime Ago
Today marks 20 years since Pedro Zamora passed. That's half my lifetime ago, but the loss still resonates with me because of Pedro's influence on my life and my work as an educator. His relationship with Sean Sasser on MTV's Real World showed me that a loving, healthy...