by Rick Mason | Feb 25, 2020 | Story
I have been participating in AIDS Walk LA since 1992. I walk with my son, Paul, in remembrance of my cousin David Rubinstein and his partner Wayne Parker. David was the production stage manager for Phantom of the Opera. He was a vibrant, wonderful, loving man whom we...
by Shawn | Nov 24, 2019 | Story
Jim Hoffman on AIDS Walk and Social Responsibility I created MENSWALK in 2014. I Walk because HIV/AIDS killed my life partner in 1985 and I have a definite grudge that I don’t plan on giving up easily. I intend to be part of this until AIDS is eradicated, or at least...
by Shawn | Oct 22, 2019 | Story
I’ve been participating the AIDS Walk for a few years now and I have never been asked why I participate. My father and mother told me when I was in the second grade that my dad had HIV and, being so young, I did not understand what that meant. As I got older, I...
by Shawn | Sep 11, 2019 | Story
Joe walks so others won’t go through what he went through. During December of 2011, I began to experience flu-like symptoms that only got worse by the day. I was terrified to get tested because of what I thought HIV/AIDS meant. In my mind, I thought if I ignore the...
by Shawn | Sep 10, 2019 | Story
Sean Parker is happy to see a cause for those who lost loved ones to AIDS Happy to see a cause for those who lost loved ones to AIDS or battling. When my brother Wayne Parker died in Jan 94′, I was only 11 and felt so ashamed how my great, beautiful, happy,...
by Shawn | Sep 5, 2019 | Story
Frank Gulli walks because he promised he would. I’ve been participating in AIDS WALK LA for several years now, and every year there are several different reasons why I do it. When I first got diagnosed in 1985, I didn’t think things were going to be same. I’ve...
