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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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Larry Kramer Gives Us One More Chance to Wake the F*ck Up
A die-in on 5th Avenue during 2019 Pride Weekend in New York City. (photo: Leandro Justin) Our friend Larry Kramer, the godfather of the AIDS activism movement, hasn’t lost his edge. That should [...]
Larry Bryant at DC Reunion Project: We Must Reinvigorate AIDS Fight
Larry Bryant, Jr., at the Reunion Project in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2019 For many years, I have viewed activist Larry Bryant, Jr. as one of the most highly regarded voices of [...]
A Drag Queen Sings ‘Undetectable’ at an AIDS Vigil and Melts the Internet
Jade Elektra performs at the Toronto AIDS Vigil on June 18, 2019. (Bob Leahy) When Toronto drag queen Jade Elektra, aka HIV positive activist Alphonso King, Jr., stepped to the stage of the [...]
IML Winner Jack Thompson on Sex, HIV, and Facing Transphobia
Jack Thompson, who just won the 2019 International Mr. Leather (IML), is a lot. And he carries it well. Jack is biracial. He’s gay. He’s transgender. He’s extremely kinky, depending on what scale you use [...]
I Left My Hospital Bed to Make an HIV Event. What Self-Care?
"It's 3:00am and I have a plane to catch in the morning, people." Fainting is weird, especially the third time it happened during one weekend. By that time, I knew enough to grab [...]
Behind-the-Scenes Photos from the House Hearing on PrEP
On Thursday, May 16, 2019, the House Oversight Committee conducted a hearing to try and get to the bottom of the Truvada pricing and patent scandal. They were not messing around. The title of the [...]
