How Capitalism Will Kill Us All

I’m Back. Brace Yourself. I left Hivster some months ago, and my. What months they have been. Since my split with Hivster, I moved back from Eugene to Seattle. Occupy Wall Street– and all the controversies and educational It’s not just my hair that’s changed. opportunities that sprang up with it– happened, and I began working with Occupy Seattle in their media team. Taking twelve credits and then Occupying full-time has basically been the focus of... Read More

Reflection, Resistance, and the Art of Giving Thanks

Have your pie and eat it too. Thanksgiving. Hrm. So in recent weeks I’ve gotten a lot of flack for my political musings. Though I didn’t write about the election here on Hivster, this November and the seemingly endless months that preceded it were a source of long, drawn-out consternation for me. As the country tried to decide between the devil we don’t know and the devil we do I found myself over and over again reminding my friends that they are both the devil... Read More

13 Arrested In DC During International HIV/AIDS Conference

As Brad covers the excitement of the International HIV/AIDS conference, now in Washington DC after a long American hiatus due to travel bans on those with HIV, others outside of the conference have taken the opportunity of its historic return in order to protest on behalf of the plight of HIV patients here at home. Read More  Read More

I Don’t

Spring Is A Time For… Politicking? I love this time of year. Don’t get me wrong. I love winter. I love the cold, the dreariness, the rain. I love the occasional snow here in Seattle. I love the blustery days and curling up under a fuzzy blanket to read a book (or curl up with someone else, for that matter). I am a good Pacific Spring! It gets you sprung! Northwesterner and I have no problems going for months without sun. Still, when spring hits and the world wakes... Read More

India Proposes Strict Laws to Prevent HIV Bias

Legislators in India have proposed new laws preventing discrimination on the basis of one’s serostatus:  The HIV/AIDS Prevention & Control Bill says a person whose spoken or written words may lead to hostility or hatred against an HIV-positive person could go to jail for two years. The new rules will outlaw not only incitements to violence against HIV-positive individuals, but also workplace discrimination. If it passes, employers would be outlawed from enforcing HIV... Read More

A Nightmare For NOMTweets

Advocates for marriage equality woke up this morning to be delighted by a hilarious scandal enveloping a hate group’s online persona: National Organization for Marriage has been hacked. It started with a Tweet from the NOMTweets Twitter account apologizing for a scandal in which it became public they had attempted a wedge between gays and the black community:   Then their Facebook page put up a different apology: Hmmm. What gives? Have Brian Brown and Co. finally... Read More

Porn Is Safe… For Now.

Porn-makers nationwide can breathe a sigh of relief: America’s latest wanna-be savior has dropped out of the Republican Party Presidential race: The presidential campaign of former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum (R) came to an end today at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. With his family behind him on stage, Santorum said he made the decision with his family in recent days. “We made a decision over the weekend that, while this pres race for us is over,” he said, announcing... Read More

B. Frank’s Greatest Hits

By now you’ve heard the news that newly retired Massachusetts House Representative Barney Frank has asked Gov. Deval Patrick (D) if he could (temporarily and just until a special election is held) fill United States Senator John Kerry’s seat after his current term ends and Sen. Kerry begin the process of becoming our next Secretary of State. Barney Frank will be remembered for the many bills and many battles he willing engaged to ensure that the queer among us are... Read More

Comparing Apples to Assholes: Rick Perry’s Desperation

Perhaps as a queer or queer-affirmative person, you’ve been feeling like me – ignored at the start of the 2012 election cycle. Sure, Michelle Bachman’s “hey gurl” husband provided a moment of pathetic tragi-comedy befitting a Samuel Beckett play. Or, maybe you’re teaching  logical fallacies in a logic class and you were thinking to yourself, “gosh, I wish I had a contemporary example of a false analogy or a faulty comparison to show... Read More

The New Patriotism

I normally try to make my “Getting Angry” column posts on Sunday or Monday, but I took a much needed weekend off this week in order to celebrate the Fourth of July. Or did I, really?  If by “celebrate” you mean “play Battlestar Galactica Online all weekend and then hiding in my room during the terrifying explosions,” then yes.  It’s a source of endless amusement for my friends: due to my time spent in service, every time I hear a firework... Read More