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"Husband and husband"
New writer Felix Garmendia from New York City says the use of words like ”husband and husband” gives us the opportunity to educate people about gay rights and same sex marriage. I just arrived home...
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Felix Garmendia goes to a New York City sex club where not all the attendees are human I have always been a very sex positive person. Sex is an essential part of human nature and now that I’m older I...
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Too much sex?
Being poz and sex positive in New York City in the 90s, Felix Garmendia was asked by the Advocate magazine back then “how much sex is too much?”. Now writing, for PositiveLite.com he provides an...
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My HIV story
New York poz guy Felix Garmendia returns with .his story. "HIV struck me like a lightning bolt but it also helped me validate the wonders of life, friendship, love, and compassion.". It was December...
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I'm still here!
Our New York guy on wheels Felix Garmendia says “accepting the idea of being in a wheelchair was a very long process” Accepting the idea of being in a wheelchair was a very long process. The journey...
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The Fourth of July invasion
New York City poz guy Felix Garmendia joins the Fire Island drag queen invasion as Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and says” Frida taught me that there can be beauty and indeed TRIUMPH in what appears to...
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Felix on wheels
New York poz guy Felix Garmendia writes about his life in a wheelchair and how it enabled him to reinvent himself. Three years ago, after dealing with my “Inclusion Body Myositis” for 14 years, I...
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From darkness to light
New York City poz guy Felix Garmendia describes growing up gay in Puerto Rico As members of the LGBT community of a certain age, many of us remember how entirely different social life was in the 80’s....
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Dealing with multiple health conditions all at once
Our NYC poz guy on wheels Felix Garmendia asks “How do you find the light at the end of the tunnel if you can’t find the tunnel?" This piece has a purpose. It’s going to be a reaffirmation of life, a...
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I like living in a country where equality wins the fight over misguided...
New Yorker Felix Garmendia on the recent Supreme Court decision that legalizes same sex marriagee in the United States - and on how he deals with naysayers In light of the historic decision of the...
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The Vigil
New Yorker Felix Garmendia and one of his favourite memories regarding his healthy years as an AIDS activist Yesterday, I came across a very poignant picture. It was a picture, taken at a vigil that...
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Luisa
Our NYC guy Felix Armendia introduces a coloiuful neighbourhood friend and ally - and a recipe for Avocado Maragaritas When my husband, Denis, and I decided to move in together 15 years ago, we chose...
View ArticleWhen to say goodbye
New York poz guy Felix Garmendia on the loss of friends: “I don't mean the friends who have died, but the friends who drift away”. As a long time HIV survivor, I have dealt with many losses, the loss...
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Learning to love myself
NYC guy Felix Garmendia says "Now, in my mid-fifties, when many people start giving up on many things in life, I have decided to take life by the horns and resolve my self-esteem issues once and for...
View ArticleSex after HIV
Felix Garmendia says “We have all been confronted with the issue of when or even if to have sex again after testing HIV positive.” Here’s how he dealt with it.. I tested positive in the 80s, the dark...
View ArticleWhen in Rome, do as the Romans do
On a trip to San Francisco in 1994, New Yorker Felix Garmendia visits “The Church of Phallic Worship and Orgasm”. Adult Content Place: San Francisco Year: 1994 Destination: “The Church” Attire:...
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Cathedral of hope
Felix Garmendia asks "So, what’s a gay/humanist/atheist supposed to do at Christmas time? Every year I celebrate life. I celebrate intensely the miracle of being alive" Here come the HOLIDAYS - just...
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My pact with life
Pondering the imponderable: we asked Felix Garmendia, our new York correspondent, what would happen if the long awaited cure for HIV arrived. I was asked, “How would your life change if there was a...
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Art+laughter=healing
New York's Felix Garmendia has a strong connection with art – and sometimes it has shown itself in mighty humorous ways There are many ways to ease the adversities of illness. Many people use all...
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