As a modern gay man, I would like to be able to say that I am lucky enough to be disease free.
And though I can stand here with certainty and say that I am, it does not make me lucky.
HIV/AIDS has been in the background of my life for as long as I can remember.
From the Junior High Music teacher who was carted away on the news, as he lay sick and dying...
To the Music Minister of my Church who just stopped showing up one day...
From the first guy I ever went on a date with... telling me years later that he had contracted HIV... and that he just needed someone he could trust to talk with...
To being there as one of my exes found out he was positive...
And those friends that I have lost...
I am only 31.
This year I designed two shirts to pay homage to those I love who are affected by the virus as well as to honor those who first brought awareness to it... (A percentage of profits from all WEARISM sales go to help the cause advocated by the garment)
I will not stop fighting, until HIV/AIDS is just a distant memory.
Wear What Matters
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