Yesterday on Good Morning America, Magic Johnson, NBA star who came out as HIV positive in 1991, and his wife Cookie sat down to discuss Cookie’s new memoir, Believing in Magic. During the interview, both she and Magic discuss what it was like to learn that their son E.J. was gay and how they […]
A Gay Dad Letter to Matthew Shepard
Yesterday Matthew Shepard, had he lived, would have been 39 years old. Instead, he forever will be remembered as a gentle looking young 21-year old who left for dead on a cold Wyoming plain, crucified for being gay. I spoke recently to his friend Michele Jouse. Michele attended boarding school with Matthew when they were […]
The Truth and Falsehoods of Charlie Sheen and his HIV Status
By Alex Temblador What do you need to know about Charlie Sheen and his HIV Status? Well, actually nothing. It’s not particularly our business to know anything so personally about another human being or to be as invasive as the media is being into Sheen’s medical history. Unfortunately, we live in a culture in which […]
FDA Proposes Guidelines to Mandatory One-Year Blood Ban
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Tuesday announced proposed guidelines for blood donations that change the current lifetime ban for men who have sex with men (MSM) to a one year ban. “No transmissions of HIV, hepatitis B virus, or hepatitis C virus have been documented through U.S.-licensed plasma derived products in the past […]