My partner, Gwenn, and I have been together for twenty years. For the entire length of that time, I have been HIV positive and she has been HIV negative. We've educated together about how HIV is and isn't transmitted and we both believe that everyone should know their...
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#DoingIt Knowing Your HIV Status is Always in Style
A few weeks ago I played an 80s cover set with my friends at an 80s Prom. It's always fun to sing some of my favorite songs of the decade by artists such as Thompson Twins, The Cars, Dead or Alive, Simple Minds... don't you forget about me? Are you kidding me? Who...
My World Hemophilia Day
World Hemophilia Day is a day that I use as leverage to have friends give me hugs. Or buy me a drink. Pretty much whatever I can squeeze out of my rare bleeding disorder, I go for it. I've got just one shot a year to make it happen. You might be thinking, "Well, what...
Help On Wheels: A Tribute to Barry Haarde
The hemophilia community suffered a great loss this month when Barry Haarde passed to spirit. I invited his blood brother (that's what us hemophiliacs call each other) and fellow cyclist Vaughn Ripley to write a tribute... and what a tribute it is. One...
Your Cure: An HIV Anthem For Everyone
Your Cure (Company) from MerceTheSeries on Vimeo. Last September I had the privilege of going up to Brooklyn to play a cameo role in Merce, Season 2. I remember the first time I heard about Charles and Tyne's web series, they were fundraising for season 1 and they had...
Grieving Las Vegas
The airport was quiet. My partner, Gwenn, and I were leaving Las Vegas on a Monday, always preferable to the chaos of a Sunday departure when everyone is heading back home to the normalcy of their everyday lives. But the stillness of yesterday's trip was different....
Why I Love Charlottesville and Hate Hate
You have probably heard about the recent happenings in Charlottesville, Virginia, where a "Unite the Right" gathering of neo-nazis and white supremacists ended—to the surprise of few—with the intentional murder of an anti-hate, civilian protester. I want to write...
32 Years Ago: A Ryan White Milestone
Jeanne White-Ginder visited her son, Ryan's, grave this week and posted this picture to Facebook. Friday, June 30, 1985 marked 32 years to the day when Ryan was denied admittance into Middle School because of his HIV status. It's a moment that changed his life and his...
#DoingIt National HIV Testing Day
Gwenn and I are proud to be a part of the CDC's Act Against AIDS campaign, "Doing It", which is all about HIV testing. As a sero-diverse (poz/neg) couple, we think it's important for everyone to know their HIV status. We enjoy a healthy relationship and we feel that...
Why I’m #DoingIt For National HIV Testing Day #NHTD
Today is National HIV Testing Day. I'm HIV positive, and my partner, Gwenn, is HIV negative. We both know our status and that's important for our health. A couple of years ago, we made a video to show just how easy testing for HIV can be with our friend, Jason: More...