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... Read More

I Was Wrong About Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

Getting Fired, Giving Some Interviews, Taking Action Before Occupy and all its myriad (and at times catastrophic) effects on my life, I was a one-trick pony of sorts. My focus in activism was a narrow one, born from personal experience and thrust onto the national stage. In 2004, after one tour in Iraq and staring another one in the face, I made a decision to come out of the closet.... 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,... Read More

The Lulz Continue…

It appears that the hacking of National Organization for Marriage continues, as Brian Brown’s Twitter account has been hijacked: As of yet no-one has claimed credit for the hilarious attacks on NOM’s online presence. Maybe someone who chooses to remain Anonymous?  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... 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... Read More

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... Read More

Meet Aaron Hivster.com’s New Video Blogger: HIV Criminalization

On June 6, 2011 Aaron Laxton received the news that he was HIV positive and in that split moment he knew what had to be done. Read More  Read More

“We do…” Now what? (or) Why the HRC’s decision to honor Goldman Sucks, well… sucks

“We do…” Now what? (or) Why the HRC’s decision to honor Goldman Sucks, well… sucks With the finish line in the battle for the civil right of marriage clearly in sight, what now? Take a second to consider the resources leveraged to extend this right to gay couples: the organizations and all they employ, the lawyers, the lobbyists, the money donated to these organizations,... Read More

Thank You Washington United For Marriage!

And it’s done. 28 to 21. Passed!      Read More