Today marks the 20-year anniversary of the passing of Ryan White. I never like to say someone "lost their battle with AIDS" simply because they were HIV positive when they passed to spirit, and to use that phrase in the case of White would be an especially gross...
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Synthetic Division: A Symptom of Life
Last month marked the 20-year anniversary of Depeche Mode's Violator, which just so happened to mark the 20-year anniversary of my dying wish to meet the band. Next month I'm releasing some new Synthetic Division (that's my music monicker) music to commemorate...
The Easter Edition of Decker’s Daily
Today was great- Gwenn and I got to help surprise our good friend, Riki, who turned 40 on April Fool's Day. He's an incredible guy, one of many folks I am lucky to know as well as I do. For instance, somehow, at his birthday party the renowned local chef gave me...
Stuarts Draft High’s Cool
Last fall I had the privilege of speaking at Stuarts Draft High School, which I lovingly blogged about in August. It was a rare opportunity to speak to high school students, and was facilitated thanks to one of my friends, Allison, who now teaches English there. Well,...
NYC: Support Steve of the Hemo2Homo Connection!
One of my proudest accomplishments as an HIV edu-tainer has been my work with Steve Schalchlin as the Hemo2Homo Connection, the AIDS community's answer to Ebert & Mr. Roeper. We've been laying low recently, after an excellent 2009 that saw us review such...
Miss America Interview in Poz
I had the privilege of interviewing Caressa Cameron, Miss America, for the new issue of Poz magazine, which is now on their site for you to enjoy... so go, enjoy! Wait, need a teaser? Well, I'm good at teasing, so here you go. One of the questions I...
Happy Birthday, Dab
I spend a lot of time on Facebook, and one of the features is that there is a big (or little) list of peoples' birthdays, which are either happening, or coming up in the next few days. Occasionally I look at it- sometimes by accident, and will then go post on...
The HIV Positive T-shirt
Have you seen them? I first saw one when Annie Lennox sported it. Have a look at this video to hear her explain why she is trying to break down the stigma that is helping HIV continue to thrive.About a week or so ago, Gwenn saw on Facebook that our friends...
What Health Care Reform Means to Thinbloods
So the Health Care Bill finally passed the House, to much chagrin and fanfare. It's one of those two America moments; you either love it or hate it. Like the hit TV series Alf, or those corndogs wrapped in pancakes.For fear of persecution, I won't say how...
K-Y Ask Why?
While flipping through a copy of Real Simple in bed one night, Gwenn came across a contest for K-Y lube called "K-Y Couples Place". Couples and fans of the K-Y product were invited to submit a 300-word essay on their relationship, after which 10 couples would be...