Jack Mackenroth + You + BRAKING AIDS
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In 2014, activist Jack Mackenroth assembled a team for BRAKING AIDS, the 285-mile Boston-to-New York bike ride to benefit Housing Works,...
Steve Schalchlin: Advocate
A Life Made of Music
Through Composing, Steve Schalchlin Created a Bridge to Healing
by C.Todd White
Photographed Exclusively for A&U by Annie Tritt
Steve Schalchlin was...
Rob Quinn: Advocate
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Rob Quinn Opens His Heart, Searches His Soul, and Finds His Voice Advocating for Long-Term Survivors
by Chip Alfred
Photographed Exclusively for A&U by...
Brian Jordan Alvarez: Advocate
I love spilling my guts,” remarked Brian Jordan Alvarez, character actor and impressionist, when we met at an AIDS fundraiser last year. Well, c’mon...
Steve Hayes: Advocate
Legacy
Actor and comedian Steve Hayes talks about Tired Old Queen at the Movies, movies, & New York City before and after the early days...
Scott James Vanidestine: Advocate
Human Fabric
Entwining feelings related to HIV seroconversion, remembrance and longing into swatches of decorative materials and textiles, San Diego-based artist Scott James Vanidestine stiches...
ACCELERATE!’s “As Much As I Can”
All the World's a Stage
ACCELERATE!'s "As Much As I Can" Amplifies the Voices of Black Gay Men through the Arts to Expand the Dialogue...
Benjamin Di’Costa: Advocate
#youth #HIV #awareness
Social Media-Savvy & Camera-Ready AIDS Activist Benjamin Di’Costa Is a Voice for Today’s Youth
by John Francis Leonard
Photographed Exclusively for A&U by Michael...
David Faulk & Michael Johnstone: Artists
Two Men & a Mrs. Vera
Artists David Faulk and Michael Johnstone Invite Us to Escape into the Outrageous Universe of the Verasphere
by Hank Trout
First,...
Peter Rodriguez: Advocate
Phoenix Rising
Activist Peter Rodriguez Is as Indefatigable as the Bird That Rises from the Ashes
by Hank Trout
Photographed Exclusively for A&U by Sean Black
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Diagnosis Afternoon 1991: Poetry by Scott Hightower
Diagnosis Afternoon 1991
My talented older brother
was artistically intrepid
and expressive. As a painter,
he had begun to achieve
some recognition.
He was an oddly secure
and insecure bon vivant.
His...
