In this week's video, Gwenn and I discuss the recent news that a baby has been functionally cured of HIV. Hopefully this raises awareness to the fact that mother-to-child transmission can be prevented before it happens if HIV testing is made readily available to...
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VLOG: Draw My Life
Here's our latest video- it's a Draw My Life video. A lot of YouTube Vloggers are doing them, and Gwenn thought my life would work well in the context. And I do like to draw, so I gave it a shot, thinking that a Draw My Life with a little story about HIV...
VLOG: Movie Night… How to Survive a Plague
In this week's video, Gwenn and I discuss How to Survive a Plague- the movie about the early days of treatment activism. Our fingers our crossed for this incredible film, as it is up for Best Documentary at the Oscars this Sunday. Hope everyone is doing well....
VLOG: Be Our Valentine?
This week's video is all about V-Day, and why you shouldn't count yourself out if you are living with a sexually transmitted infection. Be our Valentine and Share this video with friends! Much love to you all, thanks for reading and watching.Positively Yours, Shawn
VLOG: “Dear Gwenn, Are You Scared?”
In our latest video, Gwenn answers a question she gets all of the time: is she scared of contracting HIV as the negative partner in a sero-diverse relationship? Congrats to frogi1013 for winning the Giveaway from the last video. Hope everyone is doing well!Positively...
VLOG: Truthloader Interview, Win a Book!
Our second video of the new year? It's mainly an interview we did with Truthloader, a new YouTube Channel dedicated to providing the truth on a vast array of topics, HIV included. Gwenn and I were honored to be selected as their featured vloggers this week!Also, watch...
VLOG: What People Are Saying About AIDS on Twitter
It's our first new video of 2013! Going to be doing one a week, posting them on Tuesdays. For this one, we went onto Twitter and clicked on the topic of AIDS, which is "#AIDS" in Twitter-speak. Came across some real gems, let me tell ya... well, I...
VLOG and Contest Update
Hope everyone had a great holiday. Gwenn and I recorded our latest vlog last week- and had the fun idea of recording some of our trips surrounding World AIDS Day this year. Last Saturday morning we arrived in Cleveland and I immediately got sick. Just a cough and...
VLOG: Happy Thankful Day
For me and Gwenn, Thanksgiving is all about taking a step back and realizing what we are thankful for. I am thankful daily for having a healthy relationship, for living through the fearful years of my HIV diagnosis- the years when I was too afraid to ask...
VLOG: How I Contracted HIV
So this is our 12th video for the vlog... and I hadn't really explained up until now how I contracted HIV. In the videos, I have mentioned living with HIV since childhood, but never discussed hemophilia or blood products or any of that stuff. It's kind of...