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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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Revered AIDS Doctor Gabriel Torres: Redemption after Meth Addiction
Torres, second from left, with St Vincent's staff in 1992. The article appeared in New York Magazine in 2008. I remember it quite distinctly. Titled “Another AIDS Casualty” and written by David France, [...]
Listen Now: Signorile and King Discuss ‘The Truth About the 7,000’
Mike Signorile has been sharing uncomfortable truths – or, at least, gay culture as he sees it – for a few decades now. I might know something about that. So, it was a pleasure to [...]
Name HIV Activists Fiercer Than the Positive Women’s Network. I’ll Wait.
Mark S. King feels the love with sheroes Lillibeth Gonzalez, Lepena Reid, and Maria Mejia. You may have heard me sing the praises of The Positive Women’s Network – USA (PWN) before, but [...]
I Wrote “The Truth About the 7,000.” Now What?
It began with a death and a lingering question. After a friend – an advocate who knew what to do to stay alive – died of an AIDS-related cause a few months ago, I was [...]
Broadway Sends Amazing Gift to Parkland Theater Students
Theater students at Stoneman Douglas High School with their cache of signed Broadway posters. As a longtime fan of the work of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA), the charity that has laser-focused their [...]
‘Versace’ Producer Corrects Offensive Remarks on HIV Stigma
Edgar Ramirez as Gianni Versace in The Assassination of Gianni Versace (Jeff Daly/FX) In a new interview, Brad Simpson, a producer of the FX series American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace, [...]
