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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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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, [...]
Hooray! HIV Stigma Is Over, Says Producer of Versace Series
Oh, to be a Hollywood producer. High-powered meetings and mimosas. Swimming pools. Movie stars. And as far as the eye can see, not a single person living with HIV experiencing stigma. That’s the candy-colored scenario [...]
Racquetball as an Exercise in Humility
Jon, left, celebrates another victory. My friend Jon is a gracious winner, as well he should be. He has had a lot of practice. During the months we have been playing racquetball together, [...]
Why Are We Still Haunted by The Boys in the Band?
The cast of the original stage production and film version of The Boys in the Band. When I was 15 years old in the mid-1970s, I couldn't wait to attend a local community [...]
amfAR Chair Kenneth Cole Must Be Replaced. Here’s Five Suggestions.
Javier Muñoz, Roberta Kaplan, Waheedah Shabazz-El, Nelson Vergel, and David Furnish would all make excellent replacements for disgraced AmFAR Board Chair Kenneth Cole. The American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) has been rocked [...]
