I was sitting in my gaming chair this evening, getting ready for "battle" when I heard Gwenn gasp. "Who died?" I asked, half-expecting to hear some other type of information or, at worst, the name of a random celebrity who had actually passed. Gwenn...
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New Issue of Poz, The Poz Army and 25 Years
The new issue of Poz Magazine is all about the Poz Army and why advocacy within the AIDS community and beyond is essential in finding a cure. And why the time to act is now. Check it out here.I've been a little holed away in 2012, so joining the Poz Army has...
Join the Avengers of AIDS: THE POZ ARMY
I've seen The Avengers twice- rarely do I go to the movies these days, much less to see the same movie again. Why did I do it? Because The Avengers rocks! And why does it rock? Because the movie is about coming together to face a common threat...
Google Honors Keith Haring On His B-Day
I was happy to wake up today to find that Google decided to honor Keith Haring today. The HIV positive artist and activist would have turned 54 today. Keith passed to spirit in 1990 at the of 31. The Poz Staff posted a wonderful blog entry about Keith today, check it...
Eating Out AIDS 2012
Yes- I meant to post that as the title of this blog post. I've decided that Dining Out For Life needs an image overall after one of my friends at dinner said that "Dining Out For Life" makes it sound like a pro-life rally. Which, it is: a pro-life rally for...
Thursday (4-26) Dining Out For Life HIV/AIDS Fundraiser
Dining Out For Life is an annual fundraiser, in which restaurants from across the country donate a portion of their proceeds to local HIV/AIDS charities and organizations. For you locals, this means that tomorrow night (Thursday), you have the opportunity to help out...
Today is World Hemophilia Day
Today is World Hemophilia Day, so hug a thinblood. And find out more about bleeding disorders by visiting The National Hemophilia Foundation and the Hemophilia Federation of America. Positively Yours, Shawn
Oh oh, I—I, I’m Still Alive
It wasn't my intention to take a one-month plus vacation from this blog. So, if you read this you might be wondering what I've been up to?I have been writing even though I haven't posted much to read. At the beginning of the year I started putting in a lot of...
Greg Louganis in a Hot Tub
On Friday night I was pleasantly surprised to see a cameo on one of my favorite new shows by world famous positoid and Olympic athlete Greg Louganis. On Portlandia, he explains the Olympic games to the doubtful co-stars of the show whilst sitting in a hot...
Happy 40th, Pedro Zamora
Pedro Zamora left us all too soon in November of 1994. I got to know him through my television, and boy did he open himself up, appearing on the then socially relevant reality show The Real World. I'd just graduated high school, and had no idea what laid ahead...