To donate to The 30/30 Project click here.Ryan Lewis is best known for his work with Macklemore, which has earned him 4 Grammys. Something that not many people know is that his mother, Julie Lewis, has been living with HIV for 30 years. Alongside Julie,...
Entertainment & Pop Culture
Why I Don’t Have Dallas Buyers Remorse
This year, The Academy Awards were once again touched by the hand of the AIDS epidemic. In 2013, AIDS activists rejoiced when How To Survive a Plague was nominated for Best Documentary. A decade before, Nicole Kidman won for Best Actress in 2003's The Hours... and a...
Labtest Contest X: Win Body Counts By Sean Strub
BE SURE TO VOTE AT POZ.COM ON SHAWN'S BLOG THERE! HERE! The Labtest Contest is back! And the grand prize has never been better- guess closest to my t-cell count and win a signed copy of Sean Strub's incredible new book, Body Counts! The rules are posted below... be...
Body Counts by Sean Strub
Sean Strub's memoir, Body Counts, hit stores yesterday, and Gwenn and I were fortunate enough to get to our local bookstore just in time to nab the last three copies: one for us, one for my mom (who is a huge fan) and one for a future Labtest Contest prize. But, don't...
False HIV Rumors About Miley Cyrus
Wednesday night a group of bottomfeeders from 4chan launched a cowardly, anonymous online campaign entitled "Cure For Miley". The goal? Presumably it's either to trick people into thinking the singer is HIV positive- Oh my God, how awful for her reputation, what an...
Tommy Morrison and HIV Denialism
Last Sunday, Tommy Morrison passed to spirit. I don't have firsthand information on the whys and hows, but I did read an article that said the cause was an infection that occurred when he had pectoral implants removed last year. His promoter, wife and even he himself...
Never Forgetting Sean Sasser, 1968-2013
Sean Sasser, whom many of us were introduced to through our televisions in 1994 via The Real World, has passed to spirit at the age of 44. My heart goes out to his friends, family and partner, Michael Kaplan. Sean was one of my heroes. When The Real World: San...
Paris Hilton Has AIDS (Problem)
Can you tell which quote above was secretly recorded and which one was not? Mostly everyone has heard Paris Hilton's controversial comments by now. If you haven't, here's the scoop. She was riding in a cab with a gay friend (his orientation matters here)...
Mars Landing… Curiosity Did What? (Comic)
That's a funny drawing that my friend and Synthetic Division co-conspirator Josh D'Elia did in honor of the Mars rover landing. Hope everyone has a nice weekend. If you're a cat and you're on your ninth life, look both ways wherever you may be roaming. Positively...
Louganis Inspires Olympic Medalist to Disclose HIV Status
An interview last week with Greg Louganis by Piers Morgan has inspired a fellow Olympian to come out of the AIDS closet. A trampolinist in the 2000 Games in Sydney, Ji Wallace of Australia penned a letter to the Star Observer disclosing his HIV status. After seeing...