Shawn + Gwenn

HIV… What’s Love Got to Do With It? Everything.

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Valentine’s Day is here again! I remember signing valentine’s day cards for my classmates when I was a little dunderhead. Someone’s stock would go way up if they got you… Read more

Is Kanye West Telling Friends That Pete Davidson Has AIDS?

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I was all set to chill out and play some video games, and then a gossip site ran a story suggesting that Kanye West is telling people that Pete Davidson… Read more

Betty White Was, Indeed, A Friend

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On New Year’s Eve, fans of Betty White mourned the loss of their adopted celebrity grandmother, who was just a few weeks shy of her 100th birthday. People Magazine released… Read more

25 Years Ago My Life Changed When I Became a POZ Magazine CoverBoy

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Read the issue on POZ.com! We have moments- both grand and grim- that are gamechangers in our bumblefuck journeys through this physical plain. For me, a couple of those moments… Read more

50. Ryan White Would Have Turned 50 Years Old Today.

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Today would have been Ryan White’s 50th birthday. As some of you may know, there are some similarities between his story and my own. However, as time goes by that changes…. Read more

Goodbye Everybody, I’ve Got to Go: 30 Years Since Freddie Mercury Passed to Spirit

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I recently blogged about Magic Johnson’s announcement thirty years ago that he had contracted HIV. I was a junior in high school, and by the end of the day I’d… Read more

Thirty Years Since Magic Johnson Disclosed His HIV Status

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I was a junior in high school. Coming off a sophomore year that had been defined by some drama where HIV was concerned. I’d really fallen in love, and was… Read more

Why I Lied To Get a Booster Shot

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Last month I went into a Costco and received a booster shot for my Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which I received in March. I travelled about two hours for that… Read more