Episode 10 - Kenny Neal Shults

The Novus Homo Podcast

Today on the Novus I’m excited to be joined by the brilliant comedian and long-time men’s health advocate—Kenny Neal Shults. I met Kenny several years ago at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles, where he was one of the headliners at a queer comedy showcase being hosted by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. During his set Kenny pulled out a bottle of Truvada, and slayed the crowed while singing the praises of PrEP. Afterwards, Micheal Weinstein, AHF’s famously anti-PrEP CEO, got up and stormed out. It was one of the most impressive instances of speaking truth to power i’ve ever seen, and I’ve had a huge gay activist-y crush on Kenny ever since. More recently, Kenny was part of the team that created the controversial “I Like to Party” PrEP PSA. We talk a lot about messaging in HIV prevention, PrEP, and or course, the influence of the ever-looming AIDS Healthcare Foundation. facebook.com/seniorgaycorrespondent twitter.com/CHS_Kenny