As many of you know, we are a part of Doing It - CDC's new national HIV testing campaign. There was a lot more that went into creating the campaign than you might think, like finding real people (like us!) who are passionate about testing and want to share their story...
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Charlie Sheen Bit Me: An HIV Love Story #ValentinesDay
"Charlie bit me... and that really hurt!" The infamous "Charlie bit me" YouTube video has been viewed over 800 million times since it was posted in 2007. It's a pretty adorable video, featuring two brothers and a trust exercise gone horribly wrong. But recently, the...
PSA: Don’t Be Like Bill Maher. He’s Stupid.
Check out fellow blogger Trenton Straube's recent post, "This is Bill. Bill Has HIV... Be Like Bill", which, combined with Bill Maher's stupidity, helped to inspire this blog post.
PSA: If You’re Offended By The #BlackLivesMatter POZ Cover Then You’re Stupid
I noticed some blowback on POZ's Facebook page after the recent issue went up, which features the cover story "Black Lives Matter". Here's a sampling of what was written in the Comments section on Facebook: "How about all lives matter, why does it have to be racist...
Magnetic (Serodiscordant) Couples on TV
As someone who is HIV positive and in a relationship with someone who is HIV negative, I was excited to hear that a serodiscordant (“magnetic”) couple was going to be included in season 4 of Shuga, the fictional series based on real world experiences with HIV. Femi is...
#DoingIt for #HIV Testing
Gwenn and I are proud to take part in the CDC's Act Against AIDS campaign, "Doing It". This is all about HIV testing- to have a healthy relationship, each partner should know their HIV status. The only wrong result when it comes to an HIV status is a "?". So get...
The Secret Sex Lives of Emojis- EXPOSED!
This World AIDS Day, MTV Staying Alive has exposed the secret sex lives of emojis in this shocking video: VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. Well, it's no secret that emojis have been repurposed for sexting. But now, you don't need to do that anymore. To get some sweet...
Before I Die
Before I die... before I die I want to experience something I never have: life without hemophilia. I had a decade without HIV, and I'd like to enjoy as many years as possible on the tail end of this journey without it as well. As I stood in front of this wall in...
Shaking the Disease: An Unlikely Tribute to Depeche Mode
This month's issue of POZ Magazine is all about long-term survivors. And this year marks a special occasion in my own long-term journey as a positoid... 25 years ago, I met my favorite band, Depeche Mode, thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Back in 1990, the...
Enter the… Blood Mirror!
It's Halloween season- and that means that a lot of fake blood is being used for cheap scares. But what shouldn't be scary? Blood donations from the gay community.And that's exactly why the art exhibit, Blood Mirror, was created. Using nine blood donations from gay,...