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Let’s Put an HIV Positive Guy on the Cover of Men’s Health
(CLICK HERE- Vote for Vaughn in “Healthiest Lifestyle” category… you can vote once a day! Thanks!) Hey y’all! A short while back, I wrote a blog post about Vaughn Ripley’s attempt to be the first...
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Interview w/ Merce’s Charles Sanchez
A couple of weeks ago I blogged about Merce- a humorous web series that is centered around an HIV positive character living in NYC. I recently sat down with co-creator, Charles Sanchez… meaning, I sat...
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Ethan Zohn: Cancer and World Cup Survivor
Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. But in the United States it’s a polarizing topic of discussion, not unlike the issue of abortion, Michael Bay reboots and fanny packs at theme parks....
View ArticlePedro Zamora, Half A Lifetime Ago
Today marks 20 years since Pedro Zamora passed. That’s half my lifetime ago, but the loss still resonates with me because of Pedro’s influence on my life and my work as an educator. His relationship...
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Former POZ Coverboy, Bob Bowers, Rocks On VH1
Last month I posted a critical observation of VH1′s reality TV show, Couples Therapy. The post was in regard to how castmember Evel Dick’s HIV disclosure (in episode 5, “The Truth is Out There”) was...
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The Power of a Freddie Mercury Moustache
I’m in the process of doing something I’ve never done before… I’m growing a Freddie Mercury moustache. I’m revealing the moustache on World AIDS Day, December 1. Then, with your help we will, WE WILL...
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My Sexy Freddie Mercury Shower Pic
The Freddie Mercury moustache has arrived in style on World AIDS Day thanks to Jack Mackenroth’s #weareALLclean social media campaign/fundraiser for Housing Works. It’s been so much fun to participate...
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Cash for the Stache? Let’s Rock AIDS!!
You’ve seen the moustache… and more of me than you intended to this week… and, well, the time has come… so let’s harness the full power of Freddie Mercury together! The fundraising drive for MTV...
View ArticleRyan White, 25 Years
Ryan White passed to spirit on this day 25 years ago- he was 18 years old, yet in that short time he educated millions of people worldwide about how HIV was and wasn’t transmitted. Born with...
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MTV’s RE:DEFINE Rocks Dallas and HIV
Full dislosure- I’m a big mark for the MTV Staying Alive Foundation. They fund grants worldwide to provide young people with the tools and resources necessary to implement HIV prevention plans in their...
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Stephen Gendin, 15 Years Later
(This blog post was originally published on August 1, 2010. Today marks 15 years since Stephen passed. – SD) ————————— Ten years ago I was getting a few emails from a friend about a special party for...
View ArticleMerce- Original HIV Comedy Series!
Now that 40 has sunk in, and I have recovered from my birthday festivities, I wanted to post an entry about one of my favorite new things: Merce! It’s so over-the-top campy and kind-hearted, with a...
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A Month of Superheroes: Georgia Arnold/MTV Staying Alive
Georgia, Gwenn and me in 2010 Georgia Arnold is the Executive Director of the MTV Staying Alive Foundation, which fights HIV globally by funding youth-led programs. Over the last few years I’ve been...
View ArticleA Month of Superheroes: Charles Sanchez and Team Merce
This week saw the big finale of the 8 episode original HIV comedic web series, Merce. I was so intrigued when I first heard about Merce last year, via an Indiegogo campaign – could a comedic story...
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Shaking the Disease: An Unlikely Tribute to Depeche Mode
This month’s issue of POZ Magazine is all about long-term survivors. And this year marks a special occasion in my own long-term journey as a positoid… 25 years ago, I met my favorite band, Depeche...
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The Secret Sex Lives of Emojis- EXPOSED!
This World AIDS Day, MTV Staying Alive has exposed the secret sex lives of emojis in this shocking video: VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. Well, it’s no secret that emojis have been repurposed for...
View ArticleMagnetic (Serodiscordant) Couples on TV
As someone who is HIV positive and in a relationship with someone who is HIV negative, I was excited to hear that a serodiscordant (“magnetic”) couple was going to be included in season 4 of Shuga, the...
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Q&A About “Doing It” with CDC
As many of you know, we are a part of Doing It – CDC’s new national HIV testing campaign. There was a lot more that went into creating the campaign than you might think, like finding real people (like...
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Happy Blogiversary (20 Years!), Steve Schalchlin!
When I decided to open up about HIV 20 years ago, I went online hoping to find the internet that exists today. My search for HIV websites yielded a handful of results- one of them was Steve...
View ArticleYour Cure: An HIV Anthem For Everyone
Your Cure (Company) from MerceTheSeries on Vimeo. Last September I had the privilege of going up to Brooklyn to play a cameo role in Merce, Season 2. I remember the first time I heard about Charles...
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