At a recent amfAR fundraiser, Miley Cyrus and Rihanna showed up in risque and boob-revealing outfits. Which is the same thing as saying that President Obama showed up to a State of the Union address wearing a tie. Some people may have been put off- but the outfits...
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THE TOWELING: A Halloween Horror Short Story
Gary lays naked on his bed in his modest NYC apartment in the East Village. The window is cracked open and a breeze comes in as he channel surfs. He shouts towards the cracked bathroom door that is several feet from the bed. "Save some hot water for me!" Gary tugs the...
My Hep Story
When people think of my medical conditions there tends to be a pecking order... HIV gets top-billing, then hemophilia (raise your voices, my fellow thinbloods!)... and at the end of the line is poor ol' hepatitis. Hep allowed me to share my story about how hepatitis...
The HIV Question on Couples Therapy
Nina and Gwenn catching up over coffee in September. Last week I tuned into Couples Therapy on VH1 because I'd heard that Bob Bowers would be making an appearance. I'm a huge fan of the One Tough Pirate, former POZ coverboy and current HIV asskicker. Though it wasn't...
My 10,000 Days of HIV Summer
A few months ago I was curious about how many days I've been diagnosed with HIV. I did the math, starting at my diagnosis in March of 1987. Turned out that this July marks roughly 10,000 days since a test result sent shockwaves through not only my family but my...
Ethan Zohn: Cancer and World Cup Survivor
Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. But in the United States it's a polarizing topic of discussion, not unlike the issue of abortion, Michael Bay reboots and fanny packs at theme parks. (They're practical, y'all.) This summer, I've come down with Soccer...
Interview w/ Merce’s Charles Sanchez
A couple of weeks ago I blogged about Merce- a humorous web series that is centered around an HIV positive character living in NYC. I recently sat down with co-creator, Charles Sanchez... meaning, I sat at my laptop and fired him some questions and he sat at his and...
Gwenn Gets Tested For HIV
Today is National HIV Testing Day. It's so important to know your status. Last year, my partner and I made a video to show just how easy it is to get tested. Click here to find a local resource in your area, or consider an over-the-counter at home testing kit like...
WT(cell)F? Great Lab Results
I went in for my routine lab work last week. Too lazy to do a contest, I just figured I would land in the circa 600 range that has been the norm for me over the last few years. (Very thankful for those results.) So I was shocked when the results came back... 829...
The New Meaning of “HIV Free”
Remember when "HIV free" simply meant living without the virus in your body? Well, terrible laws and even worse implementation have created a new definition for this term. Now, "HIV Free" means the release of someone who was erroneously sentenced under HIV...