Charles Sanchez is a Mexican-American gay writer and actor living with HIV in New York City. A contributing editor for TheBody, he is also the creator, lead writer, and star of the award-winning musical comedy web series Merce, about a fabulous HIV-positive guy living in New York who isn't sad, sick, or dying. This column is a project of TheBody, Plus, Positively Aware, POZ and Q Syndicate.