The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me — a fundraiser in NYC

Can you help me attend “The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me” and its special performance on May 20 in NYC? I need to raise $400 for a flight to NYC. Continue reading →

Speaking events for April 2013

It looks like I will be quite busy this month. I have three significant speaking engagements scheduled. On April 10, 2013 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. I will be Continue reading →

The Crime of Being HIV-Positive

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared at The American Independent in this format. The Advocate also ran the articles as separate pieces, which can be seen here and here; as Continue reading →

‘Uncle Poodle’– It’s pretty clear you are not being honest

Well, here we are, nearly one month after I raised a series of questions about the authenticity of Lee Thompson’s claims of prosecuting his ex-lover for allegedly infecting him with Continue reading →

Fourteen days and counting… the silence from ‘Uncle Poodle’ is deafening

It’s been fourteen days since I raised significant questions about a story told by Lee “Uncle Poodle” Thompson about his being infected with HIV. The evidence is pretty convincing that Continue reading →

LOGO and Avenue Q funded by Gilead drive stigmatizing discussion on HIV

On Facebook this week I posted an image from the If I were HIV positive campaign website. The image was of a delightful blonde young man, with the question “Would Continue reading →

Why Viral Apartheid?

The question has arisen in some blogs as to why I would choose the title “Viral Apartheid” for this blog. There are a couple of answers for this.  Check out Continue reading →

‘Uncle Poodle’ HIV prosecution allegations raise serious questions

LANSING, MICH. — The national media has attached itself to a brief interview by the Atlanta based gay magazine Fenuxe in which Lee Thompson, aka Uncle Poodle of the ‘Here Continue reading →

A Presidential Promise

President Barack Obama has just finished his speech following his second inaugural (interesting, he had to take the oath Sunday in order to meet the Constitutional requirement) and folks I Continue reading →

The story of Greece and the HIV-positive “prostitutes”

In 2011, Greek headlines were filled with HIV-fear mongering related to HIV-positive people accused of working in the sex industry. As often happens in such cases of moral panic and Continue reading →