I have had very active blogging fingers. The last year certainly gave me a lot to write about. Most significantly, the passing of my mom... and her messages to me from beyond the grave (which I'm still, and will always be, receiving). I also gave some flowers to one...
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The HIV Negative Issue of Poz Magazine
Quite the surprise arrived in the mail today- the new issue of Poz magazine, which had some familiar faces staring back at me. So honored to be gracing the cover with my incredible partner in an issue that celebrates the HIV negative allies among us. I wouldn't be who...
Georgia Arnold, Mark King and Poz Tackle AIDS2012
One of the highlights of my DC trip was attending a Board meeting for the MTV Staying Alive Foundation. This week, Executive Director of SAF, Georgia Arnold, wrote a thoughtful piece for the Huffington Post about how we need to frame the fight against HIV moving...
Happy Birthday to Degen Pener
There have been lots of birthday celebrations as of late- from Freddie Mercury to my mother to my goddaughter to my good friends who just welcomed a second child on the same day they welcomed their first two years ago... will that make birthday parties easier or...
India, Marriage and HIV
The latest issue of Poz Magazine is out, and there's a great cover story on the stigma of having HIV in India and how married women in that country are often scapegoated and ostracized for contracting HIV from their husbands. Doesn't make sense? Then read the...
Bad Blood: This Month’s Issue of Poz Magazine
This month's issue of Poz Magazine is now online- in it I had the pleasure of interviewing Marilyn Ness about her powerful and enlightening documentary, Bad Blood, which details the treatment history of people with hemophilia and how HIV impacted the community in the...
Symptom of Tour: First Night and Depeche Mode
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Symptom of Tour: One Night in Milford
Poz founder and new blogger for Poz.com, Sean Strub, lends one of secret talents- videography- to the Symptom of Life tour. Enjoy! Shawn on: ShawnandGwenn.com Shawn's Poz columns Shawn's Sick Days in 2010: 8 Shawn's...
Symptom of Life Tour Vlog: Pt 1
I'm switching over to Vlogging for the tour, unless it proves more difficult than I am anticipating. Either way, enjoy part 1 of a many-to-few-to-one part series! Positively Yours, Shawn Shawn on: ShawnandGwenn.com Shawn's Poz columns ...
Whitman-Walker Clinic’s Gala is Friday
The Whitman-Walker Clinic's 17th Annual Spring Gala is this Friday in DC, and it's called the Masquerade on the Mall. Tickets and more information are available here. At the event Poz magazine and Miss America, Caressa Cameron are being honored with...