We just couldn't wait until Tuesday to post our latest video... if you haven't heard about the condom challenge, it's a new trend that's taken off (for better or worse) where people post videos of themselves inserting a condom into their nose and then pulling that...
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World Hemophilia Day
Hemophilia has shaped my life in so many ways. The physical vulnerability and the humbling effects that this medical condition has a not-so-adverse side effect: my brothers and sisters with hemophilia who have shared this journey (and our caretakers) are some of the...
My Poz.Com Exclusive Article, “Adventures in Baby-Making”
I had the pleasure of talking with Mark Zatyrka about he and his wife's decision to have children using sperm washing. (Mark's been HIV positive since childhood, his partner, Sasha, is HIV negative.) Read it on Poz.com here: Adventures in Baby-Making Positively Yours,...
Uncle Mook, Vail, Poll and My Pet Virus Screenplay
The last few weeks have been a real whirlwind... But first and foremost, I feel a public goodbye to my Uncle Mook (my dad's little brother) is in order. He was truly a great guy, always ready to have a good laugh and always very kind to me. He'd been diagnosed...
A Brief Hiatus
So no new video on this fine Tuesday. Partly because of the last video- we are getting ready for the Vail Film Festival, which has inspired me to get back to work on the screenplay to my book, My Pet Virus. In addition to that excitement, the last two weeks have...
My Life in 60 Seconds
A little over a week ago, Gwenn saw a post on Twitter about a contest put on by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and the Vail Film Festival. You had to make a creative video about how HIV has impacted you, and also use the phrase "keep the promise on AIDS", which is a...
Baby Cured of HIV?
In this week's video, Gwenn and I discuss the recent news that a baby has been functionally cured of HIV. Hopefully this raises awareness to the fact that mother-to-child transmission can be prevented before it happens if HIV testing is made readily available to...
VLOG: Draw My Life
Here's our latest video- it's a Draw My Life video. A lot of YouTube Vloggers are doing them, and Gwenn thought my life would work well in the context. And I do like to draw, so I gave it a shot, thinking that a Draw My Life with a little story about HIV...
VLOG: Movie Night… How to Survive a Plague
In this week's video, Gwenn and I discuss How to Survive a Plague- the movie about the early days of treatment activism. Our fingers our crossed for this incredible film, as it is up for Best Documentary at the Oscars this Sunday. Hope everyone is doing well....
VLOG: Be Our Valentine?
This week's video is all about V-Day, and why you shouldn't count yourself out if you are living with a sexually transmitted infection. Be our Valentine and Share this video with friends! Much love to you all, thanks for reading and watching.Positively Yours, Shawn