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I’m an HIV positive gay man in recovery from drug addiction. What’s not to love?
Be sure to check my entire video library here or browse my blog postings below. Get ready for some frank opinion, inspirational writing, debate on sexual politics, videos of poz life featuring my family and friends, and even some infamous drag. And please follow me on Twitter and join the My Fabulous Disease Facebook page!
‘The Stigma Experience’ Made Me Relive My HIV Test. It Wrecked Me.
Remembering the moment in March of 1985 when I learned I was HIV positive is difficult. I speak and write about it often, but the actual emotions aren’t easy to access. I know it was [...]
A Short Film for World AIDS Day has Arrived. Watch It Right Now.
"Sing Your Song" follows the awakening of a young man living with HIV in Mississippi. Stop what you’re doing. An exhilarating new short film produced especially for people living with HIV (PLHIV) is [...]
What 5,000 Phone Sex Calls Taught Me about Gay Men
The number might be a little low. Over the course of my “phone fantasy” career in the 1980s, I spoke to as many as ten customers in a given day, numbering in the many thousands [...]
The History of HIV/AIDS in One Astonishing Poem
Mary Bowman performing at the opening of the 20th Anniversary Community Summit. The team behind the 20th Anniversary Community Summit, being held in Atlanta this weekend and sponsored by ViiV Healthcare, knew how [...]
This Drag Queen Will Steal Your Heart. Then Completely Destroy It.
Benjamin Schatz of The Kinsey Sicks at the 2018 United States Conference on AIDS. The Kinsey Sicks have been at this a long time. The acapella singing group of gay men in drag [...]
Thirty Years Later, AIDS Activists Who ‘Seized Control’ Discuss Their Legacy
Original ACT UP activists Mark Harrington, Peter Staley, Gregg Gonsalves, and Ann Northrup at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health on October 11, 2018. The AIDS activists who regularly stormed the [...]
