Learning I Wasn’t Transgender
It is easy to be something you are not when you don’t have the knowledge and understanding that anything else exists. It has taken...
HIV Is a Preexisting Condition
It is a scary time to be living in a world where HIV funding could ever be up for debate. Thirty-six years removed from...
Switching Fears
With new treatments, and advancements, HIV has now become a manageable and treatable chronic condition. From thirty pills a day, to thirty different pills...
Web Savvy
I remember the days a few years back when I was nervous about reading about anything HIV-related. I would literally wait until the late...
The Orgasm Outside of Sex
I hated my life. To the outside world, I was a twenty-eight-year-old mover and shaker. I was a young black man, with two degrees...
When the Mask Comes Off
Many of us walk this earth as wounded warriors. Battered by the blows of society’s devaluation of the black body while we fight against...
Spiritual Not Religious
Black LGBTQ folks are often trying to find a place that they can call home. For us, it can be a tough task when...
The Unjust Demand to Disclose
Ready? Disclose Everything!
No one reveals personal information at the drop of a hat, so why should we?
by George M. Johnson
I’ve recently had conversations and...
Dear FDA
Let me clear my throat for this one. For months I’ve been mulling over whether I wanted to write about this subject or if...
Self-Care & My Struggle with Self-Pleasure
My Struggle with Self-Pleasure
Self-care is an act of becoming
by George M. Johnson
Earlier this year I wrote a story disclosing my HIV status to the...
LATEST POSTS
Jackie Beat: Advocate
High-Heeled Strut
Jackie Beat Boldly Steps Into the Limelight Decked Out—as Always—For Altruism
by Dann Dulin
Photos by Austin Young • austinyoung.com
What did I do during COVID...
