Brenden Shucart (aka Brenden Gregory) is an American HIV/AIDS and LGBT rights activist, actor, and writer. His work has been featured in The Advocate, The Huffington Post and Frontiers LA. Currently living in Los Angeles, California, he sits on the board of Project Inform, a non-profit aimed at reducing the spread of HIV through awareness and education. He is also co-founder of the Bright Young Gentleman's Adventuring Society, which helps to raise money for other HIV-related organizations.
HIV news and opinion Appearing in The Advocate and The Huffington Post, and as editor-at-large for Positive Frontiers (a department of Frontiers), Shucart's writing about HIV-related health issues and stigma has been described as "humanizing and heartbreaking" and "beautiful, honest, and important". On PrEP and its effects on the HIV+ community:
On HIV transmission:
Acting career In the short film Bug Chaser, Shucart played the role of a gay man who finds himself with an unexplainable infection after a one-night stand. "What I think the movie does beautifully is capture the fear and anxiety that comes with hooking up that every gay man can relate to." Under the name Brenden Gregory, he appeared in Interior. Leather Bar., a docufiction film directed by James Franco and Travis Mathews. He also appeared in Mathews' 2010 short film I Want Your Love, but not in its 2012 feature film adaptation.
References
Further reading Advice for a Young Man Newly Diagnosed with HIV Michael Lucas Comes Out as an HIV-Negative Man on PrEP No, Bruce LaBruce, Gay Culture Isn't Dead
External links
Brenden Shucart for Frontiers LA Bright Young Gentleman's Adventuring Society Facebook Page