by Scott Smith

I started cautiously coming out in the late 70s, when I was still in high school. I left home about a year after graduating, supposedly to attend college but really just intending...

by Cesar Galindo

To commemorate World AIDS Day on December 1, we spoke with fashion designer Cesar Galindo. Cesar was on Bravo’s “The Fashion Show” and also designed Gwen Stefani’s L.A.M.BTRANSCRIPT: My name is Cesar Galindo, I was born in Houston, Texas, and I currently live in New York City. I’m actually co-chair for World AIDS Day in Houston, Texas this year, ...

by Suzanne Jonson

Last week, guest videographer and editor Jesse James Rice and I accompanied the more than 3000 riders and volunteers of the AIDS LifeCycle to collect some of their stories. IfI’m Suzanne Johnson, and originally I was from Long Beach, California. And I first knew about the AIDS problem in the early 80’s when my daughter was doing a special project a...

by Kenny Norman

This week, guest videographer and editor Jesse James Rice and I are accompanying the more than 3000 riders and volunteers of the AIDS LifeCycle and collecting their stories. I“Hey Mom, I’ve got to tell you something right now and I can’t wait any longer, Mom. Just promise me please. Two years ago I tested positive for HIV.” My name is Kenny, I�...

by Bob Katz

This week, guest videographer and editor Jesse James Rice and I are accompanying the more than 3000 riders and volunteers of the AIDS LifeCycle and collecting their stories. I...

by Ryan Leach

My Uncle JimBob was the first gay person I ever knew. I am the second. JimBob was 80’s gay and fabulous. He and his partner Vance would show up to family holidays in fantastic f...

by Drew

I’ve been in hiding for about 20 years. I actually came out in the early 80’s to most of my family and by the time I was 23, had come out to everyone close to me. I moved to N...

by James Hooley

Although I didn’t come out until nearly 30, I have such vivid memories of when I was five that I was “different” from other little boys but didn’t have the vocabulary to d...

by Erik Schubert

So the other day was February 1st. It’s a day I have come to dread. Not because it ushers in another cold month of winter, but because it marks the anniversary of my very first ...