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

FEATURE INTERVIEW: Porn Star Mason Wyler (NSFW)

WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS MATURE LANGUAGE AND NSFW LINKS BOB LEAHY INTERVIEWS ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL FIGURES IN GAY PORN – THE BOY NEXT DOOR WITH A PENCHANT FOR NO-HOLDS BARRED SEX, OUTED LAST YEAR AS HIV-POSITIVE AND VIRTUALLY EXPELLED FROM THE BUSINESS Read More  Read More

Up, up and away. Hivster’s Interview with Dan Savage.

In physics the shortest distance from point A to point B is, of course, a straight line. Something tells me, Dan Savage’s line isn’t straight. Its trajectory, however, is definitely up. Read More  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

Jack Mackenroth does Hivster.

Jack Mackenroth does a lot. Really, he does fucking a lot. The handsome, well muscled Project Runway Season 4 contestant, graciously gave Hivster.com some of his time and answered a few of our questions: Read More  Read More

It Took 22 Years And We Still Haven’t Gotten It Right.

The theme of the first International AIDS Conference in the United States in 22 years is “Turning the Tide Together”, which is somewhat fitting-23,000 delegates from 195 countries have gathered in our nations capitol to “begin the march towards the end of the AIDS epidemic”. Leading scientists, policymakers and advocates are making this march noticeably without many foreign sex-worker and drug-use activists; a group arguably the most affected and... 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

Dam It Up, Bitches! Rules To Live By, Part Deux

Oh happy day! Oh happy day! Oh happy day! When the gays were… When the gays were… Married in New York City (Oh happy day!) Before I get going, can I get an “Amen!” for yesterday’s show of love? (Editor Note: Obviously this was posted on a very special day, July 25, 2011)   Phyllis Siegel and Connie Kopelov celebrate their marraige after 23 years together. Source: Reuters/Allison Joyce Now I know not all us queers are on board with the marriage agenda (I am on... Read More

In HIV research as in life, free and open information wins. Every time.

Various labels describe it: open-sourcing, the hive-mind, crowd-sourcing. Take your pick but in the end, the idea is this: by increasing the availability of information and thereby increasing the number of people who access it, you simultaneously increase the probability of and shorten the time necessary to solving a problem. What’s this got to do with HIV research? Gamers solved a riddle that scientists and even the world’s most sophisticated computers hadn’t... Read More