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Sean Strub

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.

Articles

In Their Own Words: An Early Epidemic History

Join us for a conversation about the earliest days of the AIDS epidemic and the creation of the Denver Principles.

A Commemoration of the Life of Dr. Joseph Sonnabend (1933-2021) [VIDEO]

Dr. Sonnabend’s remarkable life is recalled via spoken tributes, performances of his music, and a replay of his last interview.

Rachel Levine, MD, Will Make History, and a Difference

President Biden’s nominee for assistant secretary of health will become the highest-ranking transgender official in the U.S. government.

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20 of the World’s Leading Researchers Say Scientific Evidence Does Not Support HIV Criminalization Laws

A global consensus statement from HIV Justice Worldwide was announced in Amsterdam at the 2018 International AIDS Conference.

Concerns About Robert Redfield for CDC

Nominated to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Redfield has close ties with anti-gay and anti-PLHIV activists.

Founding Member of amfAR Board Speaks Out on Kenneth Cole Resignation

Jonathan Canno shares his frustrations about the related controversy.

A Defining Moment in amfAR’s History

A response to the POZ article titled “Is Kenneth Cole Shifting Blame for the Harvey Weinstein Charity Controversy?”

Sero Project Releases New Short Film on HIV Criminalization

Masking Fear and Discrimination is directed by filmmaker Christopher King and produced by HIV writer Mark S. King.

Remembering Mario Cooper

I knew he was ready to let go. But it still hurts a lot.

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Bill Clinton’s Real AIDS Legacy

Salon.com published an excerpt from my book about Bill Clinton’s administration and how poorly they responded to HIV/AIDS epidemic

Iowa: Placing People with HIV Behind Bars

Thank you to the Des Moines Register for its editorial leadership in advocating for modernization of Iowa’s HIV criminalization statute.

Remembering Football Star Jerry Smith

Next week’s NFL’s A Football Life Cable TV program will feature former NFL player Jerry Smith, who was gay, closeted & died of AIDS in 1986.

Alicia Schools the Dallas Buyers Club Actors

She was disappointed that Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto failed to use their platform at the Golden Globes

Body Counts: A Promise Kept

Writing Body Counts was a promise kept, a responsibility as a survivor of Plague Years to pay tribute to the friends, lovers and comrades

Fighting the Current Epidemic, Not the Past One

My work today, with the Sero Project, fighting HIV-related stigma, discrimination and criminalization, is about the future

HIV Panic Again Trumps Justice, Education

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

The Curious Case of Robert Wilson

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.

The US Military and HIV: A Huge Step Forward

Last night, the U.S. Senate passed an act which included two provisions of particular importance to the HIV and LGBT communities