Steve Schalchlin

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Steve Schalchlin is widely regarded as one of the first HIV/AIDS bloggers, beginning his in 1996 to keep family and friends updated on his failing health. When he responded well to a last ditch effort in treatment by his doctor, he found out that his little "AIDS blog" had garnered a net following. A respected songwriter, Steve put his miraculous rebound into music that his partner, playwright Jim Brochu, turned into the critically acclaimed and much-beloved The Last Session.

In 2001, the New York Times profiled Schalchlin's groundbreaking diary. The Times has also raved about Mr. Schalchlin's musicals, The Last Session and The Big Voice: God or Merman?

Steve is alive and well, writing music and, yes, blogging away.

Schalchlin is cited in Shawn Decker's 2006 Book, My Pet Virus, as an important historical AIDS blogger and an inspiration for Decker's own AIDS blogging efforts.