Friday's Main Event: You Say You Want A Revolution

Revolution: The T-Dance For POZ Men
November 25, 2007
San Francisco, CA

Revolution has been going every month for almost a year now. It's the only advertised tea dance in the Bay Area for HIV+ gay, bi, and trans men to meet each other socially and without stigma. It's held at Club Eight in the South of Market area and has been growing each month. One of the cooler aspects about the event is that it has been a great way to reach out to poz men in the Bay Area who are not service seekers and who are generally younger.


Image is from Darren G. Davis' graphic novel Lost Raven

"The book isn't about sexual relations, but what it's like to live with this disease day to day,” said the book's author, Darren G. Davis, who has been HIV positive since 1999. “I want people to know if you contract the virus, there are options. I've been enjoying a successful career publishing mainstream comic books, and now I want to tell a personal tale, about a journey I'm taking with millions of others. Excerpts from my journal were used in the comic book, exposing very raw emotional periods such as the initial diagnosis, surrendering to living with the side effects of medication, and grappling with the social stigma and mental strain often associated with this disease.”

Neither Mr. Davis nor his fictional hero may be there, but to learn more about the book go here. To meet HIV positive men who are heroes in their own right hang out at Club 8 on Sunday.