Tyler Curry
{{Short description|American LGBT activist and columnist}}
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| education = Master's in Public Policy
| alma_mater = Arizona State University
| occupation = HIV Equal Senior editor;
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LGBT activist
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Tyler Curry (born September 23, 1983) is an American LGBT activist and columnist. He is the editor-at-large for HIV Plus, a contributing editor of The Advocate, and the creator the Needle Prick Project. The Needle Prick Project is "an editorial campaign to elicit a candid and open conversation on what it means to be HIV positive today".{{cite news|last1=Curry|first1=Tyler|title=The Needle Prick Project: Jeffrey Tomlinson's Ultimate HIV I Lesson|url=http://www.advocate.com/commentary/tyler-curry/2013/02/01/needle-prick-project-ultimate-hiv-lesson|accessdate=10 August 2014|publisher=Advocate|date=1 February 2013|archive-date=16 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116185448/http://www.advocate.com/commentary/tyler-curry/2013/02/01/needle-prick-project-ultimate-hiv-lesson|url-status=live}}
Curry is a freelance columnist and fiction writer for online publications such as The Huffington Post, Volttage Buzz, and Instinct.{{cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tyler-curry/ | title=Tyler Curry | publisher=Huffington Post | accessdate=February 18, 2015 | archive-date=March 5, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305062647/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tyler-curry/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web|title=Tyler Curry The HIV Generation Gap|url=http://instinctmagazine.com/tag/tyler-curry|website=Instinct|accessdate=10 August 2014|archive-date=6 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006035139/http://instinctmagazine.com/tag/tyler-curry|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Tyler Curry|url=http://volttagebuzz.com/author/tyler/|website=Volttage Buzz|access-date=10 August 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819085453/http://volttagebuzz.com/author/tyler/|archive-date=19 August 2014}}{{cite web|title=COMMENTARY TYLER CURRY|url=http://www.advocate.com/commentary/tyler-curry|website=The Advocate|accessdate=10 August 2014|archive-date=4 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104023332/https://www.advocate.com/tyler-curry|url-status=live}} In August 2014, Curry was named as one of HIV Plus Magazine's '20 Amazing HIV-Positive Men of 2014'.{{cite news|title=The 20 Amazing HIV-Positive Men of 2014|url=http://www.hivplusmag.com/people/2014/08/18/20-amazing-hiv-positive-men-2014?page=0,12|accessdate=18 August 2014|publisher=HIV Plus Magazine|date=18 August 2014|archive-date=4 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104023402/https://www.hivplusmag.com/people/2014/08/18/20-amazing-hiv-positive-gay-men-2014?page=0%2C12|url-status=live}}
Advocacy
A Dallas, Texas resident, Curry is on the board of the Dallas Red Foundation, "a nonprofit organization focused on providing financial support to organizations in the North Texas area that serve individuals affected by HIV/AIDS."{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://redpartydallas.org/|website=Red Party Dallas|accessdate=10 August 2014|archive-date=4 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104023332/http://www.dallasredfoundation.org/|url-status=live}}
Curry is a senior editor and head writer at HIV Equal Online, an online magazine described as "an international multimedia campaign that aims to end HIV stigma and promote HIV testing by creating a social art movement that changes the way people think about HIV and which reopens the national dialogue about HIV."{{cite web|title=HIV Equal|url=http://www.hivequal.org/|website=HIV Equal|accessdate=10 August 2014|archive-date=19 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819125527/http://www.hivequal.org/|url-status=live}} Curry's role includes publishing editorial content for the website and working with freelance writers.{{cite web|title=TYLER CURRY SENIOR EDITOR|url=http://hivequal.org/tyler-curry.html|website=HIV Equal|access-date=10 August 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819083329/http://hivequal.org/tyler-curry.html|archive-date=19 August 2014}}
A gay man who is open about his HIV-positive status,{{cite news|title=Tyler Curry — The Next-Gen HIV Advocate|url=http://hisbigd.com/2013/09/13/tyler-curry-the-next-gen-hiv-advocate/|accessdate=10 August 2014|publisher=His Big D|archive-date=16 August 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140816153341/http://hisbigd.com/2013/09/13/tyler-curry-the-next-gen-hiv-advocate/|url-status=usurped}} Curry is a proponent of others who are HIV-positive addressing and owning their status, stating, "HIV isn't a character flaw, it is a reality that someone either understands or they do not."{{cite news|last1=Curry|first1=Tyler|title=What Not to Do If You Are Dating and HIV-Positive|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tyler-curry/what-not-to-do-if-you-are-hiv-positive_b_5588069.html|accessdate=10 August 2014|publisher=Huffington Post|date=16 July 2014|archive-date=4 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104023404/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-not-to-do-if-you-are-hiv-positive_b_5588069|url-status=live}} Stemming from that belief, Curry created The Needle Prick Project (TNPP) as an opening to discussions on what being HIV-positive means in today's world. As an editorial and education campaign, TNPP works for the fight against discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS. On the receiving end of discrimination due to HIV, Curry was not allowed back into South Korea after teaching English for a year.{{cite news|last1=Taffet|first1=David|title=Get Pricked|url=http://www.dallasvoice.com/pricked-10140950.html|accessdate=10 August 2014|publisher=Dallas Voice|date=1 March 2013|archive-date=19 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819085953/http://www.dallasvoice.com/pricked-10140950.html|url-status=live}} South Korea had a policy of not issuing work permits for people that have HIV, but that policy has since been amended.{{cite news|last1=Solis|first1=Michael|title=Korea Maintains Mandatory HIV Testing Despite Lifting Travel Ban|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-solis/korea-maintains-mandatory_b_443724.html|accessdate=10 August 2014|publisher=Huffington Post|date=31 January 2010|archive-date=4 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104023338/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/korea-maintains-mandatory_b_443724|url-status=live}}
In 2015, Curry released the children's book A Peacock Among Pigeons, illustrated by Clarione Gutierrez.{{cite book |title=A Peacock Among Pigeons |date=2015 |publisher=Mascot Books |isbn=978-1631773259}} The book was awarded The Enchanted Page Book Award in 2016 by the Literary Classics website{{cite web |title=2016 Award Winning Books |url=http://www.clcawards.org/2016_Award_Books.html |website=Literary Classics |access-date=January 8, 2021}} and was turned into a musical, with score and lyrics written by composer John Bucchino
Curry supports Beat AIDS Project Zimbabwe, a group dedicated to combating HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe.{{cite news|last1=Curry|first1=Tyler|title=Life Can Be Different: Saving the Next Generation in Zimbabwe|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tyler-curry/zimbabwe-saving-the-next-generation_b_5508280.html|accessdate=10 August 2014|publisher=Huffington Post|date=20 June 2014|archive-date=10 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810144735/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tyler-curry/zimbabwe-saving-the-next-generation_b_5508280.html|url-status=live}}
Bibliography
Curry, Tyler. A Peacock Among Pigeons (2015). {{ISBN|978-1631773259}}
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Category:American HIV/AIDS activists
Category:Activists from Dallas
Category:Arizona State University alumni
Category:People from Conroe, Texas
Category:American LGBTQ rights activists