Stephen Gendin

Stephen Gendin
Stephen Gendin
Born(1966-02-20)February 20, 1966
Ypsilanti, Michigan
DiedJuly 19, 2000(2000-07-19) (aged 34)
New York City, United States
Alma materBrown University
Known forAIDS activism
Notable workI was a teenage HIV prevention activist

Stephen Gendin (February 20, 1966 – July 19, 2000) was an American AIDS activist in the late 1980s and the 1990s, whose advocacy is credited with having promoted changes in government policy that improved the lives of HIV positive people.[1] He was involved with the ACT UP, ActUp/RI, Sex Panic!, the Community Prescription Service, POZ Magazine and the Radical Faeries.[2] HIV positive himself, he dedicated the last fifteen years of his life to helping care for those also living with HIV/AIDS.[1] He was a founder and the chief executive of the Community Prescription Service, an organization that distributes information designed to help people with HIV and AIDS as well as supplying medication via mail order.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Obituary: Stephen Gendin, 34, Advocate And Writer for AIDS Causes". The New York Times. July 22, 2000. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  2. ^ Gendin, Stephen; McDowell, Kyle (November 1999), "Both Sides Now", POZ, retrieved 26 March 2010