12/1/18 discussion about resources for World AIDS Day

Here is the link to my December 1, 2018, Twitter thread about some resources I thought people might enjoy looking at during World AIDS Day.

Thank you for reading. Please enjoy.

12/1/16 review of Staying Positive film project

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of a 2016 screening of films made as a part of the Staying Positive film project.

The Staying Positive film project is a project that gives women living with HIV the opportunity to make their own short films about their life experiences. The thread discusses some of the organizations involved with the project. It discusses the films and their themes. And it discusses some connections I drew between this and other projects.

I saw this screening at the Denver Film Society's Sie FilmCenter in Denver, Colorado.

10/8/15 review of novel The American People, by Larry Kramer

Here is the link to my Twitter thread on the novel The American People, Volume 1: The Search for My Heart, by Larry Kramer.

Larry Kramer is, of course, one of the most important activists of recent history. He did a lot for LGBTQ rights and for the rights of people with HIV/AIDS. My Twitter thread discusses how Kramer's novel The American People is a sort of semi-autobiographical novel of America. I discuss how Kramer uses alternative history as well as personal viewpoints to give a poetic vision of LGBTQ people in America. I also give some criticisms of the book -- namely that it's really confusing at times.

I bought this book at the Tattered Cover Bookstore, a great bookstore chain in Denver, Colorado.

Here is the link to Macmillan's page for Kramer's The American People, Volume 1.

It also might be worth noting that The American People, Volume 2: The Brutality of Fact, is coming out on October 15, 2019.

7/25/15 review of Greg Louganis documentary Back on Board

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the documentary Back on Board: Greg Louganis, which was directed by Cheryl Furjanic.

Furjanic's documentary examines the life of Greg Louganis, one of the greatest divers in the world and an activist for LGBTQ issues and HIV/AIDS issues. My Twitter thread discusses some issues like the personal and the political, as well as the connection between politics and peak performance. I discuss some other pop culture connections which seem a little tenuous to me on recent reading.

Here is the trailer for Back on Board: Greg Louganis.

I saw Back on Board: Greg Louganis at the Denver Film Society in Denver, Colorado.

The film was part of the Denver Film Society's CinemaQ LGBTQ film festival.