tag:blogs.poz.com,2009-03-02:/sean//42 2014-02-11T17:45:50Z POZ Magazine's founder and advisory editor, executive director of the Sero Project and author of Body Counts: A Memoir of Politics, Sex, AIDS and Survival. Movable Type 4.34-en tag:blogs.poz.com,2014:/sean//42.400722 2014-02-11T17:30:00Z 2014-02-11T17:45:50Z

Last week, Salon.com published an excerpt from my book, Body Counts: A Memoir of Politics, Sex, AIDS, and Survival that is about Bill Clinton's administration and how poorly they responded to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, particularly their failure to lift the ban on federal funding for needle exchange programs.

Sean Strub http://blogs.poz.com/sean Last week, Salon.com published an excerpt from my book, Body Counts: A Memoir of Politics, Sex, AIDS, and Survival that is about Bill Clinton's administration and how poorly they responded to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, particularly their failure to lift the ban on federal funding for needle exchange programs. tag:blogs.poz.com,2014:/sean//42.400721 2014-02-10T20:52:40Z 2014-02-10T20:59:04Z

Thank you to the Des Moines Register for its editorial leadership in advocating for modernization of Iowa's HIV criminalization statute. In 2012, the Register was the first major mainstream media in the U.S. to recognize how criminalization imposes a horrific injustice on people with HIV and is terrible public health policy.

Sean Strub http://blogs.poz.com/sean Thank you to the Des Moines Register for its editorial leadership in advocating for modernization of Iowa's HIV criminalization statute. In 2012, the Register was the first major mainstream media in the U.S. to recognize how criminalization imposes a horrific injustice on people with HIV and is terrible public health policy. tag:blogs.poz.com,2014:/sean//42.400700 2014-01-17T23:30:00Z 2014-01-17T21:52:52Z

David Mixner reports, on Towleroad, that next week's (Tuesday, January 21) NFL's A Football Life Cable TV program will feature former Washington Redskins player Jerry Smith, who was gay, closeted and died of AIDS in 1986.

Sean Strub http://blogs.poz.com/sean David Mixner reports, on Towleroad, that next week's (Tuesday, January 21) NFL's A Football Life Cable TV program will feature former Washington Redskins player Jerry Smith, who was gay, closeted and died of AIDS in 1986. tag:blogs.poz.com,2014:/sean//42.400698 2014-01-16T18:18:51Z 2014-01-16T18:30:19Z

Alicia Menendez enjoyed the movie Dallas Buyers Club, as so many of us have. But also like many of us, she was disappointed that Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto failed to use their platform at the Golden Globes -- where they each won awards -- to bring attention to the epidemic or convey any sense of concern about the realm in which the characters they played existed.

Sean Strub http://blogs.poz.com/sean Alicia Menendez enjoyed the movie Dallas Buyers Club, as so many of us have. But also like many of us, she was disappointed that Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto failed to use their platform at the Golden Globes -- where they each won awards -- to bring attention to the epidemic or convey any sense of concern about the realm in which the characters they played existed. tag:blogs.poz.com,2014:/sean//42.400696 2014-01-14T21:09:40Z 2014-01-14T21:22:17Z

Writing Body Counts was a promise kept, a responsibility as a survivor of the Plague Years to pay tribute to the friends, lovers and comrades who fought -- and died -- to make a change in the epidemic.

Sean Strub http://blogs.poz.com/sean Writing Body Counts was a promise kept, a responsibility as a survivor of the Plague Years to pay tribute to the friends, lovers and comrades who fought -- and died -- to make a change in the epidemic. tag:blogs.poz.com,2014:/sean//42.400693 2014-01-13T17:32:59Z 2014-01-13T17:45:03Z

My work today, with the Sero Project, fighting HIV-related stigma, discrimination and criminalization, is about the future, but is necessarily informed by the past. I wish the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could learn a bit more from the past and let it properly inform their plans for the future.

Sean Strub http://blogs.poz.com/sean My work today, with the Sero Project, fighting HIV-related stigma, discrimination and criminalization, is about the future, but is necessarily informed by the past. I wish the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could learn a bit more from the past and let it properly inform their plans for the future. tag:blogs.poz.com,2014:/sean//42.400688 2014-01-06T20:10:00Z 2014-01-06T19:09:40Z

A Pennsylvania paper yesterday had alarming news about another case of HIV criminalization. A 25-year-old woman from the central part of the state, not far from where I live part of the time, was charged with sexual assault, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person -- because she allegedly did not disclose her HIV status to a sexual partner.

Sean Strub http://blogs.poz.com/sean A Pennsylvania paper yesterday had alarming news about another case of HIV criminalization. A 25-year-old woman from the central part of the state, not far from where I live part of the time, was charged with sexual assault, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person -- because she allegedly did not disclose her HIV status to a sexual partner. tag:blogs.poz.com,2013:/sean//42.400682 2013-12-27T16:22:12Z 2013-12-28T15:02:10Z

In my new book 'Body Counts,' I recount a horrible experience I had meeting Wilson at a dinner party in New York two decades ago. I had only recently met the host and was pleased when he invited me to dinner. The other three guests, all men, I was meeting for the first time, in the host's fancy apartment on the Upper East Side. A servant took my coat when I arrived.

Sean Strub http://blogs.poz.com/sean In my new book 'Body Counts,' I recount a horrible experience I had meeting Wilson at a dinner party in New York two decades ago. I had only recently met the host and was pleased when he invited me to dinner. The other three guests, all men, I was meeting for the first time, in the host's fancy apartment on the Upper East Side. A servant took my coat when I arrived. tag:blogs.poz.com,2013:/sean//42.400677 2013-12-20T14:48:00Z 2013-12-20T15:39:42Z

Last night, the U.S. Senate passed, 84-15, the FY2014 National Defense Authorization Act, which included two provisions of particular importance to the HIV and LGBT communities -- and especially significant for advocates for HIV criminalization reform.

Sean Strub http://blogs.poz.com/sean Last night, the U.S. Senate passed, 84-15, the FY2014 National Defense Authorization Act, which included two provisions of particular importance to the HIV and LGBT communities -- and especially significant for advocates for HIV criminalization reform. tag:blogs.poz.com,2013:/sean//42.400671 2013-12-13T20:59:53Z 2013-12-14T01:59:26Z

Fashion mogul Kenneth Cole produced a documentary this year about amfAR, the American Foundation for AIDS Research, an organization whose board of trustees he has chaired for many years. The Battle of Amfar is being shown on HBO, but frankly, I'm not eager to see it. After all, the film's promotional material emphasizes a melodramatic mistruth: "In the darkest days of the epidemic, two very different women--Hollywood superstar Elizabeth Taylor and research scientist Mathilde Krim--joined forces to create amfAR (the American Foundation for AIDS Research), America's first AIDS research organization."

Sean Strub http://blogs.poz.com/sean Fashion mogul Kenneth Cole produced a documentary this year about amfAR, the American Foundation for AIDS Research, an organization whose board of trustees he has chaired for many years. The Battle of Amfar is being shown on HBO, but frankly, I'm not eager to see it. After all, the film's promotional material emphasizes a melodramatic mistruth: "In the darkest days of the epidemic, two very different women--Hollywood superstar Elizabeth Taylor and research scientist Mathilde Krim--joined forces to create amfAR (the American Foundation for AIDS Research), America's first AIDS research organization." tag:blogs.poz.com,2013:/sean//42.400666 2013-12-08T18:34:19Z 2013-12-08T19:06:56Z

Thirty-three years ago this evening, John Lennon was murdered as he entered the Dakota, his apartment building at the corner of Central Park West and 72nd Street in New York City. When journalists report on the anniversary of this tragedy, they often call me for comment. That's because I was one of the first on the scene.

Sean Strub http://blogs.poz.com/sean Thirty-three years ago this evening, John Lennon was murdered as he entered the Dakota, his apartment building at the corner of Central Park West and 72nd Street in New York City. When journalists report on the anniversary of this tragedy, they often call me for comment. That's because I was one of the first on the scene. tag:blogs.poz.com,2013:/sean//42.400665 2013-12-07T16:56:52Z 2013-12-21T15:52:25Z

There is something kind of simplistic, if not cheesy, for someone who came so close to death to give thanks to their doctor for having 'saved' them. Dr. Joseph Sonnabend didn't jump in a river to rescue me while I was drowning; he didn't race into an intersection to grab me out of the path of a vehicle hurtling towards me; he didn't talk me off a ledge when I was ready to jump.

Sean Strub http://blogs.poz.com/sean There is something kind of simplistic, if not cheesy, for someone who came so close to death to give thanks to their doctor for having 'saved' them. Dr. Joseph Sonnabend didn't jump in a river to rescue me while I was drowning; he didn't race into an intersection to grab me out of the path of a vehicle hurtling towards me; he didn't talk me off a ledge when I was ready to jump. tag:blogs.poz.com,2013:/sean//42.400663 2013-12-06T15:45:31Z 2013-12-06T16:39:19Z

A few years ago, there was so little attention paid to the issue and so few seemed to care about it. But that has changed; criminalization is increasingly recognized as a significant obstacle to overcoming the HIV epidemic, particularly because it deters people from getting tested for HIV. If you don't know you have HIV, you can't be prosecuted on a criminalization charge.

Sean Strub http://blogs.poz.com/sean A few years ago, there was so little attention paid to the issue and so few seemed to care about it. But that has changed; criminalization is increasingly recognized as a significant obstacle to overcoming the HIV epidemic, particularly because it deters people from getting tested for HIV. If you don't know you have HIV, you can't be prosecuted on a criminalization charge. tag:blogs.poz.com,2013:/sean//42.400662 2013-12-05T15:07:02Z 2013-12-05T17:52:07Z

When he was alive, I thought of Vito Russo as a friend and an activist I admired. I didn't realize the significance of his impact on my life until after he died, of AIDS, in 1990.

Sean Strub http://blogs.poz.com/sean When he was alive, I thought of Vito Russo as a friend and an activist I admired. I didn't realize the significance of his impact on my life until after he died, of AIDS, in 1990. tag:blogs.poz.com,2013:/sean//42.400660 2013-12-04T17:17:20Z 2013-12-06T18:43:34Z

Last week, I launched a new blog to complement my work on the POZ blog. Here is my first post on SeanStrub.com. I'm a little nervous about it, to be frank, because it is a self-serving endeavor; the blog and website were created to promote my book Body Counts: A Memoir of Politics, Sex, AIDS and Survival, which Scribner will publish on January 14.

Sean Strub http://blogs.poz.com/sean Last week, I launched a new blog to complement my work on the POZ blog. Here is my first post on SeanStrub.com. I'm a little nervous about it, to be frank, because it is a self-serving endeavor; the blog and website were created to promote my book Body Counts: A Memoir of Politics, Sex, AIDS and Survival, which Scribner will publish on January 14.