So today is the day- the infamous day of the future highlighted in Back to the Future. October 21, 2015. I saw the movie in the theater, and just rewatched the film last month. It still holds water! Now, we don't have flying cars as predicted by the franchise, but...
HIV/AIDS
Judd Winick: The Hero Who Crashed The Real World
I've written extensively about how much The Real World San Francisco influenced me- you know, the season of MTV's reality show that featured Pedro Zamora and his life with HIV. I wasn't talking about HIV openly when that aired in 1994. I loved seeing Pedro meet new...
A Month of Superheroes: Ryan White
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Ryan White CARE Act. This federal program has provided so many services to the HIV/AIDS community. Much thanks goes to Ryan White, who passed to spirit in 1990, and his mother Jeanne for their role in changing the way people...
A Month of Superheroes: John Oliver
The new issue of POZ is out, entitled "Suppression Superheroes". You can check it out by clicking here. Inspired by this issue, I want to spend the next month highlighting some folks who I deem to be superheroes among us. They'll range from people I've met in flesh in...
Merce- Original HIV Comedy Series!
Now that 40 has sunk in, and I have recovered from my birthday festivities, I wanted to post an entry about one of my favorite new things: Merce! It's so over-the-top campy and kind-hearted, with a story that is centered around the middle-aged Merce, an HIV positive...
Stephen Gendin, 15 Years Later
(This blog post was originally published on August 1, 2010. Today marks 15 years since Stephen passed. - SD) --------------------------- Ten years ago I was getting a few emails from a friend about a special party for a positoid pal who "wasn't doing too well". But I...
The Big 4-0 is Here!
Today I turned 40. In 1975, I came into the world around 1:23 AM. That's a guesstimate. No one was looking at the clock the moment I was born. The family doctor was smoking. My parents had already gone through the birth of one son- two years later they were doing it...
30 Years to a Functional Cure?
I followed an internet wormhole to an article that suggested a functional cure could be up to 30 years away. At or least that was the thought of some know-it-all scientist who painstakingly analyzed all of the recent data on emerging treatment options... but what does...
MTV’s RE:DEFINE Rocks Dallas and HIV
Full dislosure- I'm a big mark for the MTV Staying Alive Foundation. They fund grants worldwide to provide young people with the tools and resources necessary to implement HIV prevention plans in their communities. You can learn more about them here. The Staying Alive...
Take the GLAAD Celibacy Challenge
Gwenn and I are taking the Celibacy Challenge in solidarity with our gay, blood-donating friends.(photo by Christina Fleming)Would you give up sex for one year to donate blood?When the FDA lifted the the gay blood ban, that was their caveat. GLAAD, with the help of...