A couple of months ago I posted a request to help The Harry Potter Alliance win a 250k grant from Chase Morgan... and they won! I choose to help them out because they fight for the little guy, advocate for GLBT issues and are just an incredibly awesome and...
HIV/AIDS
The Jesus Had HIV Sermon
So apparently a South African pastor caused some panties and jockstraps to get in a bind when he suggested that Jesus has HIV. He was just trying to get across the idea that Jesus empathized with the sick, that he would have viewed HIV like any other medical...
Text Voting & Daily Reminders
Thanks to everyone who voted yesterday! We need more votes if we're going to make the Top 10 and receive the Pepsi grant, and the best way to insure this is to vote every day. We've created an email newsletter for this purpose and would be very grateful if you signed...
Pepsi Refresh Project: Vote For Us!
The Pepsi Refresh Project started this year as a way for people to make a difference in their communities. The idea is simple- come up with an idea, get the most votes for idea, then do your idea... well, Gwenn and I applied, and we made it to the voting phase! Our...
Thanks to First Five Donators… Next Three Are?
Thanks so much, once again, to Stuarts Draft High School's Leadership Class for kicking off the donations in May. A big thank you to the first five donators to follow- Gayle Silfka, Jodi Perelman, Chris Reyrouck, Sara Boddie-Schick and Tom Donahue! They snagged up my...
Support Us in AIDS Walk Washington, Plz?
The AIDS Walk has snuck up on us this year- we can't believe it's in less than six weeks! Gwenn and I are walking on October 2, as we always do, with our friends in Team Supersnack. You might remember that I wore a giant LemonAIDS suit last year. Here's a link to the...
New Issue of Poz, My Article Ryan White Article
The new issue of Poz magazine is out, and there's an incredible article on the role that homophobia plays in the spread of HIV. I contributed to the issue as well, writing about the importance of remembering Ryan White 20 years after his passing. Positively Yours,...
The Mother of Camp (One) Heartland
Received the news from Bob Bowers via One Heartland founder Neil Willenson. I have a friend who went to One Heartland- a camp for children with HIV- several years ago... it was the first time he spoke with other youths who were positive and it was a transformative...
Bad ADAP News From Dab
Dab Garner of the Dab the AIDS Bear Project just posted some sobering news from the ADAP Waiting List report, which was made public on Friday the 13th. The number of people in the United States who are now on HIV drug waiting lists has reached 2,937... Scary stuff....
Friday the 13th and Bad Blood
I grew up as a huge fan of horror movies, and the series of Friday the 13th movies were among my favorite. Jason Voorhees and his machete justice inspired me and my friends to purchase a plastic hockey mask and play out the movies every time the calendar reached that...