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John-Manuel Andriote

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John-Manuel Andriote has written about health and medical issues since the mid-1980s. He has specialized in reporting on HIV-AIDS since earning a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University in 1986. Kirkus Reviews called his award-winning University of Chicago Press book VICTORY DEFERRED: How AIDS Changed Gay Life in America “the most important AIDS chronicle since Randy Shilts’ AND THE BAND PLAYED ON.” Andriote has served as a communication consultant for U.S. government public health agencies, and as an adjunct university communications and journalism instructor. A man of many interests, Andriote’s other books include HOT STUFF: A Brief History of Disco; THE ART OF FINE CIGARS; TOUGH LOVE: A Washington Reporter Finds Resilience, Ruin, and Zombies in His ‘Other Connecticut’ Hometown; WILHELMINA GOES WANDERING, “a fable for kids ages 5 to 105,” based on the true story of a runaway cow in Connecticut; and, most recently, STONEWALL STRONG: Gay Men’s Heroic Fight for Resilience, Good Health, and a Strong Community. Andriote since 2017 has written the “Stonewall Strong” blog on resilience for Psychology Today magazine. He has been a frequent guest speaker, expert news source, guest writer, and patient advocate since “coming out publicly” about his 2005 HIV diagnosis. In 2021, Andriote relocated from his native state of Connecticut to Atlanta, Georgia, where he holds a full-time position as senior writer for Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.

John-Manuel Andriote, patient advocate.

Resilience

In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with John-Manuel Andriote, freelance health/medical-focused journalist for the likes of The Atlantic, Psychology Today, and others and author.    In his early journalist career, he focused his reporting on HIV/AIDS and then broadened it to the wider health and medical topics.  Over the past 10 years, he has focused on psychological and emotional resilience.  He is currently training to become a personal resilience coach to help others build their own resilience. John shares that in 2005, after reporting on HIV/AIDS, he received an HIV positive diagnosis.  This rather shocking diagnosis caused John to reflect on his life, the challenges, and assessing his ability to reach a positive outlook thriving and surviving life's storms.  Exploring his own resilience made him keenly interested in the topic.  Stonewall Strong is not a self-help book perse, but rather a collection of personal stories that demonstrate resilience so that the readers may connect with authentic stories and glean insights. In our engaging conversation, John discusses his book titled Stonewall Strong that focuses on resilience told through his own personal story from a Journaling archive stretching over 30 years to one on one interviews with notable gay figures like Bishop Eugene Robinson, Larry Kramer, Congressman Barney Frank, and others from many walks of life.  We chat about how members of the LGBTQ community face many obstacles and challenges others don't yet still find ways to be resilient and thrive.  John found that we need to tell our own stories in our own ways versus allowing others to define us.  Too often still today LGBTQ people are bombarded with the negative message that they are not worthy, they don't belong, they are not loved for who they are.  One must overcome these messages that can become deeply ingrained causing emotional, mental, development, relationship, self-loathing, and potential substance abuse issues.  Resilience is reframing that message internally from a state of the victim to a mindset of a survivor, a hero for overcoming. This mindset shift is very important because negativities attract negativity likewise positive attracts positive.  I share my personal story of having to put boundaries in place with people who after years of trying never accepted me for who I am and vehemently kept throwing mystical dogmatic religion in my face.  It was difficult, but I had to distance myself from them out of love and respect for myself.  John developed a stand-alone course on developing resilience which he offers for free.  It is found on his website at http://stonewallstrong.com/  To connect with John-Manuel find him on OutBüro here. https://outburo.com/profile/jmandriote/ Join me and John-Manuel on OutBüro, the LGBTQ professional and entrepreneur online community network for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, allies and our employers who support LGBTQ welcoming workplace equality focused benefits, policies, and business practices.  https://www.OutBuro.com Would you like to be featured like this? Contact the host Dennis Velco.  https://outburo.com/profile/dennisvelco/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/outburo/message

In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with John-Manuel Andriote, freelance health/medical-focused journalist for the likes of The Atlantic, Psychology Today, and others and author.    In his early journalist career, he focused his reporting on HIV/AIDS and then broadened it to the wider health and medical topics.  Over the past 10 years, he has focused on psychological and emotional resilience.  He is currently training to become a personal resilience coach to help others build their own resilience. John shares that in 2005, after reporting on HIV/AIDS, he received an HIV positive diagnosis.  This rather shocking diagnosis caused John to reflect on his life, the challenges, and assessing his ability to reach a positive outlook thriving and surviving life's storms.  Exploring his own resilience made him keenly interested in the topic.  Stonewall Strong is not a self-help book perse, but rather a collection of personal stories that demonstrate resilience so that the readers may connect with authentic stories and glean insights. In our engaging conversation, John discusses his book titled Stonewall Strong that focuses on resilience told through his own personal story from a Journaling archive stretching over 30 years to one on one interviews with notable gay figures like Bishop Eugene Robinson, Larry Kramer, Congressman Barney Frank, and others from many walks of life.  We chat about how members of the LGBTQ community face many obstacles and challenges others don't yet still find ways to be resilient and thrive.  John found that we need to tell our own stories in our own ways versus allowing others to define us.  Too often still today LGBTQ people are bombarded with the negative message that they are not worthy, they don't belong, they are not loved for who they are.  One must overcome these messages that can become deeply ingrained causing emotional, mental, development, relationship, self-loathing, and potential substance abuse issues.  Resilience is reframing that message internally from a state of the victim to a mindset of a survivor, a hero for overcoming. This mindset shift is very important because negativities attract negativity likewise positive attracts positive.  I share my personal story of having to put boundaries in place with people who after years of trying never accepted me for who I am and vehemently kept throwing mystical dogmatic religion in my face.  It was difficult, but I had to distance myself from them out of love and respect for myself.  John developed a stand-alone course on developing resilience which he offers for free.  It is found on his website at <a href="http://stonewallstrong.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://stonewallstrong.com/</a> To connect with John-Manuel find him on OutBüro here. <a href="https://outburo.com/profile/jmandriote/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://outburo.com/profile/jmandriote/</a> Join me and John-Manuel on OutBüro, the LGBTQ professional and entrepreneur online community network for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, allies and our employers who support LGBTQ welcoming workplace equality focused benefits, policies, and business practices.  <a href="https://www.OutBuro.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.OutBuro.com</a> Would you like to be featured like this? Contact the host Dennis Velco.  <a href="https://outburo.com/profile/dennisvelco/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://outburo.com/profile/dennisvelco/</a>--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/outburo/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/outburo/message</a>

John-Manuel Andriote: Exploring Resilience of the LGBTQ Community

John-Manuel Andriote is an award-winning author, journalist, speaker, and communication consultant. Since 1983 he has written about health and medicine, LGBT issues and popular culture. He has reported on HIV-AIDS for more than 30 years. He joins the show to talk about reframing and rewriting the story of gay men, how we can improve our ability to be resilient, and his newest book Stonewall Strong: Gay Men's Heroic Fight for Resilience, Good Health, and a Strong Community.   TAKEAWAYS: [1:38] John identifies a hero and role model as someone that lives out their values to be the best they can be, and helps raise others up in the process. Through his own work he loves shining a spotlight on those in the LGBTQ movement that display these qualities of compassion, courage and awareness of belonging to a bigger community, such as Reverend Bean and Ginny Apuzzo. [5:29] John came to terms with his own HIV diagnosis in 2005 while he was living in Washington D.C. as a journalist. The experience became the catalyst for thinking about resilience. [9:02] While apps and online sites provide an opportunity to meet others, they have downsides like isolation and loneliness when we are reduced to superficial and shallow interactions. Part of a healthy life is having real connection with others. [13:18] in the mid 1990’s, John saw the crystal meth epidemic move eastward from the west coast. [16:18] People look to numb themselves and dissociate from uncomfortable feelings like trauma and shame. Often times the addictive behavior is driven from loneliness and a desire for true connection. [19:03] Cases of abuse are consistent in men that continue to engage in high risk sexual activities. When we focus on addressing people’s trauma rather than getting caught up in judging them, we can speak about things that matter and keep them safe. [23:36] Resilience is a skill, and we can learn to be more resilient. It’s how we frame our story, and how we tell ourselves what our traumatic experience means. [27:21] We can improve the experience of getting older as gay men by embracing resiliency.   RESOURCES:  The Plague  Victory Deferred  Stonewall Strong  Golden Men  Out In Time National LGBTQ Task Force  Meth Comes Out of the Closet   QUOTES: ● “We didn’t know we were a part of a movement, we were just living our lives.” — Ginny Apuzzo ● “Heroism is a matter of common decency.” — Albert Camus ● “If they learn to value themselves for who they really are, miracles occur.” ● “The way we learn to be resilient is by learning how to frame the story.” ● “Aging is a ripening.”

John-Manuel Andriote is an award-winning author, journalist, speaker, and communication consultant. Since 1983 he has written about health and medicine, LGBT issues and popular culture. He has reported on HIV-AIDS for more than 30 years. He joins the show to talk about reframing and rewriting the story of gay men, how we can improve our ability to be resilient, and his newest book Stonewall Strong: Gay Men's Heroic Fight for Resilience, Good Health, and a Strong Community. TAKEAWAYS: [1:38] John identifies a hero and role model as someone that lives out their values to be the best they can be, and helps raise others up in the process. Through his own work he loves shining a spotlight on those in the LGBTQ movement that display these qualities of compassion, courage and awareness of belonging to a bigger community, such as Reverend Bean and Ginny Apuzzo. [5:29] John came to terms with his own HIV diagnosis in 2005 while he was living in Washington D.C. as a journalist. The experience became the catalyst for thinking about resilience. [9:02] While apps and online sites provide an opportunity to meet others, they have downsides like isolation and loneliness when we are reduced to superficial and shallow interactions. Part of a healthy life is having real connection with others. [13:18] in the mid 1990’s, John saw the crystal meth epidemic move eastward from the west coast. [16:18] People look to numb themselves and dissociate from uncomfortable feelings like trauma and shame. Often times the addictive behavior is driven from loneliness and a desire for true connection. [19:03] Cases of abuse are consistent in men that continue to engage in high risk sexual activities. When we focus on addressing people’s trauma rather than getting caught up in judging them, we can speak about things that matter and keep them safe. [23:36] Resilience is a skill, and we can learn to be more resilient. It’s how we frame our story, and how we tell ourselves what our traumatic experience means. [27:21] We can improve the experience of getting older as gay men by embracing resiliency. RESOURCES: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Plague-Albert-Camus/dp/0679720219" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Plague</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Victory-Deferred-AIDS-Changed-America/dp/0226020495" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Victory Deferred</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1442258233/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Stonewall Strong</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Men-Power-Gay-Midlife/dp/0380804433" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Golden Men</a> <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/out-in-time-9780190686604?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Out In Time</a> <a href="https://www.thetaskforce.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">National LGBTQ Task Force</a> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/04/AR2005110402178.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Meth Comes Out of the Closet</a> QUOTES: ● “We didn’t know we were a part of a movement, we were just living our lives.” — Ginny Apuzzo ● “Heroism is a matter of common decency.” — Albert Camus ● “If they learn to value themselves for who they really are, miracles occur.” ● “The way we learn to be resilient is by learning how to frame the story.” ● “Aging is a ripening.”

Heroism and Resilience in the Gay Community with John-Manuel Andriote