Category: Shawn’s Favorite Things
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
A Month of Superheroes: Charles Sanchez and Team Merce
This week saw the big finale of the 8 episode original HIV comedic web series, Merce. I was so intrigued when I first heard about Merce last year, via an… Read more
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…. Read more
A Month of Superheroes: Georgia Arnold/MTV Staying Alive
Georgia, Gwenn and me in 2010 Georgia Arnold is the Executive Director of the MTV Staying Alive Foundation, which fights HIV globally by funding youth-led programs. Over the last few… Read more