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I’m an HIV positive gay man in recovery from drug addiction. What’s not to love?
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‘My Fabulous Disease’ Wins GLAAD Award for Outstanding Blog
The 2020 GLAAD Award for Outstanding Blog has been awarded to My Fabulous Disease. The GLAAD Awards were established in 1990 to recognize “outstanding representations of the LGBTQ community in media.” Long-term HIV survivor and [...]
Gay Brothers Grieve an AIDS Death in 1989… with a Funny Video
Richard King and Mark S. King in November, 1989 My brother Richard will tell you stories about his long-time partner, Emil Matzner, with great enthusiasm. Emil’s endearing quirks, their adventures as a couple, [...]
The Scorching Words of Ravyn Wngz are an Activism Manifesto
Ravyn Wngz, a Toronto Black Lives Matter (BLM) activist, never had to raise her voice on Sunday, when she delivered a scathing rebuke of systemic racism and privilege. Her beautiful words pierced the heart just [...]
‘Welcome to Chechnya’ is Traumatizing. Now Go Watch It.
Welcome to Chechnya, the unnerving new documentary by filmmaker David France, stopped playing in my living room a full hour ago and I’m still trying to shake it. That may take some time, considering the [...]
This Anti-Trump Music Video is a Gay Disco Freakout
When POZ Magazine began work producing their online series, “POZ at Home,” editor Oriol Gutierrez came to me with a question. Would I like to come up with something, together with my friend and performer [...]
When Facing the COVID-19 Rampage, Blame the Fire Island Gays
The judgment of the social media gods, decreed Monday morning, was withering and furious: the buff gay men on the Fire Island beach over the holiday weekend were nothing less than suicide bombers. Virtuous gays [...]
