One of several films centering people living with HIV at the upcoming Out On Film festival in Atlanta is Mickey & Richard, a documentary examining the life of Richard Bernstein, aka the 1980s porn icon Mickey Squires. Fortunately for you, anyone in the United...
My husband Michael is the one person who will try to put the brakes on my writing. He will suggest a softer way around a topic, or simply ask, “Are you sure?” in a gentle way that makes his misgivings clear. Michael isn’t trying to censor me. He just worries is all....
Nearly 10,000 researchers, public health and policy experts, community based organizations, and front-line advocates descended on Rio de Janeiro July 26-31, 2026, for AIDS2026, the International AIDS Conference. Most notably to me, the delegates and attendees included...
Malcolm Reid has the X Factor, a compelling way about him that attracts your attention but which you can’t quite put your finger on. Saying so about him would probably make him grin and even blush, which only makes the case for his charms even stronger. Malcolm is 68...
Thank you for being a reader, my friend. I appreciate you being along for the ride. Writing has been my outlet and my therapy. It began as a way to process my diagnosis in 1985, and only through some bizarre twist of fate have I stayed around to keep right on telling...
There is so much distance in my mother's eyes that I fear she may never come close to me again. Circling her stare are wrinkles of pain, betrayal even, and in her hand she holds the watch. It was December of my senior year of high school, and things had calmed down...
Broadway star and Emmy-winning actress Sheryl Lee Ralph has been added to a slate of celebrities and community leaders who will appear at a virtual event on Wednesday, December 17, benefitting The Reunion Project, an alliance of HIV/AIDS survivors. “Mark is 65” will...
The south is losing one of its greatest HIV champions, Kathie Hiers, who has announced her retirement as CEO of AIDS Alabama after more than 30 years of dedicated service. In this first-person telling, Kathie shares one of her favorite memories from her years of...
My friends, I have a special announcement. I will devote my 65th birthday to a celebration of all HIV/AIDS survivors, and the stars will definitely be out. One of them could be you! Mark your calendars for Wednesday, December 17th at 8pm ET. The virtual event will...
It would be naive to suggest that the queer community invented cheeky protests. Long before inflatable animal costumes, or ACT UP protests, or Black civil rights activists sitting at lunch counters, or women’s suffrage demonstrations, there were barrels of tea being...
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