(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...
Stephen Gendin
Kilt the Sick Days Counter
I had a little tally of "sick days" for this year going on the blog in super small font- so small it seems to have disappeared on me. Oh well, if I knowingly off'd it, then all the better, especially since this year has- thankfully- been good to me healthwise. Last...
Remembering Stephen Gendin
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 couldn't imagine the Stephen I knew- blue, red, green hair and all- as anything less than vibrant, and at the time, I was wiped out from...
MTV’s Staying Alive Foundation
No, it's about that Staying Alive... MTV's Staying Alive Foundation is dedicated to HIV prevention and youth-driven messages, giving out grants to young educators determined to prevent the continued- and needless- infection of their peers. Before becoming a...
Pedro & Sean & Me
I am so relieved- MTV's "Pedro" was a good movie. I got teary-eyed, it hit all the right notes and it was interesting to see the details portrayed in Judd Winick's graphic novel, Pedro & Me, come to life in this film.It didn't hurt matters that the...
Remembering Jesse Helms
Jesse Helms died on July 4th, and I only know of him through his anti-gay statements pertaining to people with AIDS. His solution to the epidemic in the 1990's? It was simple: gay people should stop having sex. The AIDS crisis wasn't the first-time that Americans got...