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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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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 [...]
Mark S. King Named the 2020 ‘LGBTQ Journalist of the Year’
Mark S. King, sporting isolation hair and wardrobe. “I’m just a guy with HIV and a keyboard,” I often say. It’s meant as a pithy remark, sure, but it also feels like I’m [...]
Film: Can a ‘Gay Leftie with AIDS’ Get Elected Mayor of a Rural Town?
Milford, Pennsylvania, is the kind of idyllic small town that Frank Capra romanticized in films like It’s a Wonderful Life. Nothing much rattles the citizens of this quiet country borough. They pay their taxes, vote [...]
