Mike Tidmus is a non-believing, gay man who also happens to be a long-term AIDS survivor — twenty-three years now.*

Mike spent the last several decades working, in the US and Europe, as a creative director, art director, writer and photographer working in advertising, marketing and the interactive realm for a number of highly-regarded agencies and a very long list of blue chip clients.

Mike began blogging about peace, civil rights and equality issues during his ex-pat years in Brussels and Amsterdam. Mike resumed blogging when he returned, in early 2008 — after thirty years of wandering, to sunny, formerly-conservative San Diego. Mike likes the City and people of San Diego very, very much and is an avid Padres fan and user of public transportation.

In the interest of disclosure, Mike played a role in the reformation of ACT UP/San Diego and works part time for Californians Against Hate. Make a note of it, because Mike has no intention of adding a disclaimer at the end of every single post that involves these groups.

Mike can be reached by email using the handy-dandy form provided for your convenience.

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*Mike thinks you should know that, by adhering to a regimen of drugs and regular testing, people can and do live well with HIV-infection, but believe Mike when he says it’s no picnic. Get tested, know your HIV status, and play as if your life depended on using your head when you play. It does.