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...
HIV/AIDS
SHOCKER: Red Ribbon Worn At Golden Globe Awards
Yes, you read that right- an actor of prominence wore a red ribbon on his suit jacket at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night. Before I laud praise, I gotta say that it was wonderful to see one of those little suckers. Really. I paused the screen to...
Video Tip of the Day: Check Your Meds
When Gwenn and I went to pick up my HIV medications, I made a video update in the car that was intended to be a joke of sorts about how long it can take to pick up meds. Then when we got home, and I made another video about what we discovered about my medication that...
Ryan White Would Have Turned 40 Today
Ryan White, the AIDS educator who rose to prominence after his public battle to attend public school in the 1980's, passed to spirit at age 18 in 1990, years before treatments were successful. Had he lived, he would have turned 40 years old today. We all owe this...
HIV Positive Student Denied by Private Boarding School
The Milton Hershey School, a private boarding school that provides an educational opportunity for disadvantaged teenagers, has denied a potential student based solely on his HIV status. A lawsuit has been filed, and the story was given legs due to the lawsuit's...
Home for the… Holiday?
Tomorrow is World AIDS Day. Aside from two years ago- when I got sick while out on the road during World AIDS Week and had fly home instead of across the country- I haven't really been home on World AIDS Day in any shape or form to enjoy it in about a decade. Today...
#GetBetterEthan Support HIV/AIDS in NYC Marathon
The crappy news of the week is that Ethan Zohn's cancer has returned. Many of you may know Ethan from Survivor Africa, the reality show that he won a million dollars on and then used the money to start an HIV/AIDS awareness organization called Grassroot Soccer.I...
A Massage With An Unhappy Ending
Halloween has come and gone. I had a great one this year- saw my friends' new band, Brighter Fires, have their first show at a house party that included the obligatory visit by the police. So funny, I had a can of beer in my hand and set it down when the car rolled...
The End of AIDS Will Come
The current issue of Poz has a compelling cover- a red ribbon with a big black "X" through it. The cover story is written by Regan Hofmann, who astutely observes: "Having 27.3 million people with HIV globally (about 1 million of them in America) remain untreated...
A Difficult Travel Experience
A few weeks ago I came down with the local cold, claimed victory on it too soon on this blog only to have it return with a vengeance... well, last week I had to travel to Providence for a sexual health HIV/AIDS program with Gwenn at UMass Dartmouth. The cough...