My latest video is a bit more personal- it's about switching HIV medications. Since I started on HIV meds back in 1999, I've switched 4 times, going on 3 different combinations, but never because the drugs weren't doing their job in keeping HIV from replicating. It's...
HIV/AIDS
What People Are Saying About AIDS on Twitter 2
It's YouTube Comedy Week, and Gwenn and I found some real laughers when searching "#AIDS" on Twitter. It appears that people are still using the word "AIDS" to get across their daily frustrations. Positively Yours,Shawn
My Poz.Com Exclusive Article, “Adventures in Baby-Making”
I had the pleasure of talking with Mark Zatyrka about he and his wife's decision to have children using sperm washing. (Mark's been HIV positive since childhood, his partner, Sasha, is HIV negative.) Read it on Poz.com here: Adventures in Baby-Making Positively Yours,...
Uncle Mook, Vail, Poll and My Pet Virus Screenplay
The last few weeks have been a real whirlwind... But first and foremost, I feel a public goodbye to my Uncle Mook (my dad's little brother) is in order. He was truly a great guy, always ready to have a good laugh and always very kind to me. He'd been diagnosed...
Baby Cured of HIV?
In this week's video, Gwenn and I discuss the recent news that a baby has been functionally cured of HIV. Hopefully this raises awareness to the fact that mother-to-child transmission can be prevented before it happens if HIV testing is made readily available to...
VLOG: Have You Been Tested?
Our latest vlog is about HIV testing... check it out! Last week's vlog was about the difference between HIV and AIDS. You might know the difference, but a lot of folks don't. So we figured we'd explain it. Hope everyone is doing well!Positively Yours,Shawn
VLOG: “Dear Gwenn, Are You Scared?”
In our latest video, Gwenn answers a question she gets all of the time: is she scared of contracting HIV as the negative partner in a sero-diverse relationship? Congrats to frogi1013 for winning the Giveaway from the last video. Hope everyone is doing well!Positively...
VLOG: What People Are Saying About AIDS on Twitter
It's our first new video of 2013! Going to be doing one a week, posting them on Tuesdays. For this one, we went onto Twitter and clicked on the topic of AIDS, which is "#AIDS" in Twitter-speak. Came across some real gems, let me tell ya... well, I...
Don Drake: Fighting the Good Fight
VLOG: 25 Years With HIV
Our 4th vlog- it's a milestone I've addressed here on the blog. The 25 year "anniversary" is what inspired me to make an album this year... it's partly responsible for starting a vlog, too. I'm happy to be here after all these years and I want to keep...