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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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Can Gay Men Dial Back on Sex Until Our Monkeypox Vaccinations?
Years from now, there will be gay men who made it through a case of monkeypox who will have the scars up and down the shaft of their penis to prove it. Let me repeat [...]
Monkeypox is a gay thing. We must say it.
The mainstream media and public health officials are being so damn careful not to label monkeypox “a gay disease” that they’re doing a disservice to the gay men who most need important information about the [...]
Monkeypox brings up trauma for older gay men. Here’s why.
The World Health Organization has announced that it will convene a second emergency meeting next week to decide if monkeypox poses a global health threat. Case numbers just passed 10,000 globally. That figure is more [...]
Brian Thomas loved his Florida trip. Then the monkeypox blisters appeared.
Brian Thomas during his recent Fort Lauderdale vacation. The photo on Brian Thomas’ Instagram page was a typically sunny one for the social media personality, who has built a rising presence as a [...]
Meet the Gay Men Behind POZ Magazine’s “Meth Still Kills” Feature Story
No sooner had POZ Magazine editor Oriol Gutierrez accepted my pitch to do a feature story about meth, gay men and HIV than a stunning Facebook post came across my feed. Someone I knew, Mark [...]
Queer the Media: A Chat with the GLAAD Award ‘Outstanding Blog’ Nominees
Among the glittering nominees of Hollywood films, television and music honored at the annual GLAAD Awards, one category celebrates grassroots queer media like no other. The “Outstanding Blog” award honors ongoing blogs, typically written and [...]
