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...
Shawn’s Favorite Things
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...
Until There’s a Cure… There’s The Cure
This year Friday the 13th and Valentine's Day ended up back-to-back. Which, considering how masochistic the emotion of love can be, seems quite appropriate. But, without love, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be here. I'm going to write a list of a few of my Loves and, if...
Cash for the Stache? Let’s Rock AIDS!!
You've seen the moustache... and more of me than you intended to this week... and, well, the time has come... so let's harness the full power of Freddie Mercury together! The fundraising drive for MTV Staying Alive is live- from now through Saturday you can make a...
Pedro Zamora, Half A Lifetime Ago
Today marks 20 years since Pedro Zamora passed. That's half my lifetime ago, but the loss still resonates with me because of Pedro's influence on my life and my work as an educator. His relationship with Sean Sasser on MTV's Real World showed me that a loving, healthy...
Ethan Zohn: Cancer and World Cup Survivor
Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. But in the United States it's a polarizing topic of discussion, not unlike the issue of abortion, Michael Bay reboots and fanny packs at theme parks. (They're practical, y'all.) This summer, I've come down with Soccer...
Interview w/ Merce’s Charles Sanchez
A couple of weeks ago I blogged about Merce- a humorous web series that is centered around an HIV positive character living in NYC. I recently sat down with co-creator, Charles Sanchez... meaning, I sat at my laptop and fired him some questions and he sat at his and...
National Nurses Week
Every day is Day, every week is a Week, and every month is a Month of one type of recognition or another. It's not a bad thing- there are lots of causes that need more attention than they can get. Especially in this great age of great distractions. I miss a lot of...
Ripley’s You Better Believe It
Vaughn Ripley is a man on a mission. With over 30 years of living with HIV under his bike shorts, the avid cyclist, dad and author of Survivor: One Man's Battle With HIV, Hemophilia and Hepatitis C is ready to tackle his next goal: be the first openly HIV positive man...
Labtest Contest X: Win Body Counts By Sean Strub
BE SURE TO VOTE AT POZ.COM ON SHAWN'S BLOG THERE! HERE! The Labtest Contest is back! And the grand prize has never been better- guess closest to my t-cell count and win a signed copy of Sean Strub's incredible new book, Body Counts! The rules are posted below... be...