Brad Crelia

My parents ran an alternative newspaper, The Local Planet, while I was in high school and it looks like growing up around two politically minded journalist rubbed off on me. I started early; writing for The Local Planet and for The Spokesmen-Review.

At 18, I stopped writing and got the political bug; volunteering for Al Gore, a family friend’s campaign for mayor and then for John Kerry. After a few failed campaigns I tried his hand at writing again and eventually returned to politics. Spending some of 2007 and most of 2008 working for Hillary Clinton’s campaign and volunteering for Obama’s campaign. After 2008, I took a break from both writing and campaigns and spent some much needed time to work out his priorities.

In March of 2010 I was diagnosed with HIV and lost the luxury of figuring my priorities out on my own. I starting writing again to help myself heal and now hope to write to help other going through similar situations.

Bio’s are tricky and my life story won’t fit in a few hundred words but rest assured, I can relate to most of you in someway or another. My friends can attest to how busy I've been the last twenty-five years, which wasn’t always a good thing.

Hivster.com is a site for anyone and for everyone. It was created with the intention of making something new, something that wasn’t already out there. I really hope that we can accomplish that goal and build an open, honest and welcoming community for anyone regardless of your status.