Sean Strub
Encyclopedia
Sean O'Brien Strub is the founder of several magazines and websites, including POZ magazine
and POZ en Español, (for people impacted by HIV
/AIDS
), Mamm (for women impacted by breast cancer
), Real Health (an African-American health magazine) and Milford Magazine (a regional title distributed in the Delaware River Highlands area of northeast Pennsylvania
).
He is a long-term AIDS survivor and activist and has been an outspoken advocate for the self-empowerment movement for people with HIV/AIDS. In 2009 he was president of Cable Positive, the cable and telecommunications' industry's AIDS response.
In 1990, he ran for the U.S. House of Representatives to represent New York's 22nd congressional district
. He was the first openly
HIV+ candidate for federal office in the U.S. and received 46% of the Democratic primary vote. He was a long-time member of ACT UP New York
. Strub produced an off-Broadway play, The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me, written by and starring David Drake, in 1992.
Strub was a pioneer expert in mass-marketed fundraising for LGBT equality.
He is a co-owner of the Hotel Fauchere, a Relais & Chateaux
boutique hotel in Milford, Pennsylvania
, where he has been active in a community revitalization effort.
Strub co-authored Rating America's Corporate Conscience (Addison-Wesley, 1985), a guide to corporate social responsibility, with Steve Lydenberg and Alice Tepper Marlin
and Cracking the Corporate Closet (HarperBusiness, 1995) with Daniel B. Baker and Bill Henning.
to sign the first fundraising letter for the Human Rights Campaign Fund, a then newly-formed political action committee which grew to become the largest organization in the U.S. advocating for LGBT equality. In 1989 Strub asked pop artist Keith Haring
to create a logo and poster to launch National Coming Out Day
, now also a part of the Human Rights Campaign
. Strub was one of the AIDS activists who put a giant condom over then-US Senator Jesse Helms' suburban Washington home in 1991.
POZ (magazine)
POZ is a monthly magazine that chronicles the lives of people affected by HIV/AIDS. Its website, Poz.com, has daily HIV/AIDS news, treatment information, forums, blogs and personals....
and POZ en Español, (for people impacted by HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
/AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
), Mamm (for women impacted by breast cancer
Breast cancer
Breast cancer is cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Cancers originating from ducts are known as ductal carcinomas; those originating from lobules are known as lobular carcinomas...
), Real Health (an African-American health magazine) and Milford Magazine (a regional title distributed in the Delaware River Highlands area of northeast Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
).
He is a long-term AIDS survivor and activist and has been an outspoken advocate for the self-empowerment movement for people with HIV/AIDS. In 2009 he was president of Cable Positive, the cable and telecommunications' industry's AIDS response.
In 1990, he ran for the U.S. House of Representatives to represent New York's 22nd congressional district
New York's 22nd congressional district
The 22nd Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives that includes all or parts of Broome, Delaware, Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, and Ulster counties. It includes the cities of Binghamton, Ithaca, Kingston,...
. He was the first openly
Coming out
Coming out is a figure of speech for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people's disclosure of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity....
HIV+ candidate for federal office in the U.S. and received 46% of the Democratic primary vote. He was a long-time member of ACT UP New York
AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power
AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power is an international direct action advocacy group working to impact the lives of people with AIDS and the AIDS pandemic to bring about legislation, medical research and treatment and policies to ultimately bring an end to the disease by mitigating loss of health and...
. Strub produced an off-Broadway play, The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me, written by and starring David Drake, in 1992.
Strub was a pioneer expert in mass-marketed fundraising for LGBT equality.
He is a co-owner of the Hotel Fauchere, a Relais & Chateaux
Relais & Chateaux
Relais & Châteaux is a global fellowship of individually owned and operated luxury hotels and restaurants. Although the total number or members changes as members are added and others drop away, the group currently has some 500 members in 60 countries on five continents. Strongly represented in...
boutique hotel in Milford, Pennsylvania
Milford, Pennsylvania
Milford is a borough in Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat. Its population was 1,021 at the 2010 census. It was founded in 1796 by Judge John Biddis, one of the state's first four circuit judges, who named the settlement after his ancestral home in Wales.Milford has a...
, where he has been active in a community revitalization effort.
Strub co-authored Rating America's Corporate Conscience (Addison-Wesley, 1985), a guide to corporate social responsibility, with Steve Lydenberg and Alice Tepper Marlin
Alice Tepper Marlin
Alice Tepper Marlin is President and CEO of Social Accountability International, a standard-setting organization for improving workplaces and communities head-quartered in New York City...
and Cracking the Corporate Closet (HarperBusiness, 1995) with Daniel B. Baker and Bill Henning.
Miscellaneous
In 1981 Strub got playwright Tennessee WilliamsTennessee Williams
Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs...
to sign the first fundraising letter for the Human Rights Campaign Fund, a then newly-formed political action committee which grew to become the largest organization in the U.S. advocating for LGBT equality. In 1989 Strub asked pop artist Keith Haring
Keith Haring
Keith Haring was an artist and social activist whose work responded to the New York City street culture of the 1980s.-Early life:...
to create a logo and poster to launch National Coming Out Day
National Coming Out Day
National Coming Out Day is an internationally observed civil awareness day celebrating individuals who publicly identify as bisexual, gay, lesbian, transgender—coming out regarding one's sexual orientation and/or gender identity being akin to a cultural rite of passage for LGBT people...
, now also a part of the Human Rights Campaign
Human Rights Campaign
The Human Rights Campaign is the United States' largest LGBT advocacy group and lobbying organization; according to the HRC, it has more than one million members and supporters...
. Strub was one of the AIDS activists who put a giant condom over then-US Senator Jesse Helms' suburban Washington home in 1991.