Rick Guasco
@rickguasco.bsky.social
Living with HIV since at least 1992. Lifelong Chicagoan. Gay. Latino. Star Trek fan. Editor-in-chief of @PosAware magazine. Creator of @adaywithhiv.
Since last year’s Transgender Day of Remembrance, at least 55 trans folk have been lost to violence in the U.S., according to the Trans Murder Monitoring Project.
Let remembrance turn to resolve, to make a world where every life is respected and cherished.
tdor.translivesmatter.info
Let remembrance turn to resolve, to make a world where every life is respected and cherished.
tdor.translivesmatter.info
November 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Since last year’s Transgender Day of Remembrance, at least 55 trans folk have been lost to violence in the U.S., according to the Trans Murder Monitoring Project.
Let remembrance turn to resolve, to make a world where every life is respected and cherished.
tdor.translivesmatter.info
Let remembrance turn to resolve, to make a world where every life is respected and cherished.
tdor.translivesmatter.info
A large lavender latte and my HIV medication starts my day today.
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A large lavender latte and my HIV medication starts my day today.
A smoothie and my HIV medication this morning before work.
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
A smoothie and my HIV medication this morning before work.
Brian Minalga, MSW, talks with two researchers, Sanjay R. Mehta, MD, and Susan Little, MD, who have developed a new approach to molecular HIV surveillance that could address stigma and privacy-related concerns.
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positivelyaware.com/hiv-surveillance-data
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positivelyaware.com/hiv-surveillance-data
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Brian Minalga, MSW, talks with two researchers, Sanjay R. Mehta, MD, and Susan Little, MD, who have developed a new approach to molecular HIV surveillance that could address stigma and privacy-related concerns.
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positivelyaware.com/hiv-surveillance-data
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positivelyaware.com/hiv-surveillance-data
Running late, so I quickly grabbed my HIV medication, took my pill and went off to work.
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Running late, so I quickly grabbed my HIV medication, took my pill and went off to work.
Taking my HIV medication before putting on my reading glasses and getting back to work.
November 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Taking my HIV medication before putting on my reading glasses and getting back to work.
A new bottle of my HIV medication, a new month of beating back the virus.
November 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A new bottle of my HIV medication, a new month of beating back the virus.
Temperatures in the mid-60s in Chicago in mid-November! Reason enough to take my HIV medication outside.
November 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Temperatures in the mid-60s in Chicago in mid-November! Reason enough to take my HIV medication outside.
@marksking.bsky.social is turning 65 so he’s having a virtual birthday celebrating people with HIV/AIDS and turning it into a fundraiser for @reunion_Project The Reunion Project, the nationwide network of long-term survivors.
positivelyaware.com/mark-king-birthday-party
positivelyaware.com/mark-king-birthday-party
November 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
@marksking.bsky.social is turning 65 so he’s having a virtual birthday celebrating people with HIV/AIDS and turning it into a fundraiser for @reunion_Project The Reunion Project, the nationwide network of long-term survivors.
positivelyaware.com/mark-king-birthday-party
positivelyaware.com/mark-king-birthday-party
I think I’ll just work from home today and take my #HIV medication.
Actually, after I took my pill I got dressed and went in to the office.
Actually, after I took my pill I got dressed and went in to the office.
November 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I think I’ll just work from home today and take my #HIV medication.
Actually, after I took my pill I got dressed and went in to the office.
Actually, after I took my pill I got dressed and went in to the office.
Some Democrats are gonna Democrat.
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Some Democrats are gonna Democrat.
Scrambled eggs with bacon (or ham) is my favorite weekend breakfast, which is what I had yesterday (Saturday) with my #HIV medication, but I forgot to post the picture until today.
November 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Scrambled eggs with bacon (or ham) is my favorite weekend breakfast, which is what I had yesterday (Saturday) with my #HIV medication, but I forgot to post the picture until today.
Funded by ViiV Healthcare, maker of cabotegravir, the ongoing study will look at injection site reactions over a six-month post-injection period to measure participants’ willingness to use either cabotegravir or lenacapavir, produced by Gilead Sciences.
positivelyaware.com/clarity-study-results
positivelyaware.com/clarity-study-results
November 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Funded by ViiV Healthcare, maker of cabotegravir, the ongoing study will look at injection site reactions over a six-month post-injection period to measure participants’ willingness to use either cabotegravir or lenacapavir, produced by Gilead Sciences.
positivelyaware.com/clarity-study-results
positivelyaware.com/clarity-study-results
11 years ago the hep C drug sofosbuvir was launched at $82,000 for a 12-week regimen. “we predicted that it could be made for $68–$136”—now the generic version is $21, says the researcher whose team who now says $25 for lenacapvir for PrEP is possible.
positivelyaware.com/25-dollar-lenacapavir
positivelyaware.com/25-dollar-lenacapavir
November 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
11 years ago the hep C drug sofosbuvir was launched at $82,000 for a 12-week regimen. “we predicted that it could be made for $68–$136”—now the generic version is $21, says the researcher whose team who now says $25 for lenacapvir for PrEP is possible.
positivelyaware.com/25-dollar-lenacapavir
positivelyaware.com/25-dollar-lenacapavir
After photographing the cover of an upcoming issue of @posaware.bsky.social in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, lunch—chicken tacos and my #HIV medication at 5 Rabanitos on 18th Street.
November 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
After photographing the cover of an upcoming issue of @posaware.bsky.social in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, lunch—chicken tacos and my #HIV medication at 5 Rabanitos on 18th Street.
