Sean Howell

@howell4change.bsky.social

Founder: @tech4hiv @hornet @buffalomarket and Red panda nut

Happy Pride, I am an SF Business Times 2026 Outstanding Voices honoree for their annual Business of Pride issue. It feels good to be gay, to build software that empowers us and our communities, and to have received this award sitting next to my gorgeous wife and surrounded by queer leaders. 🗞️🌈

BLACK HISTORY MONTH - Super proud of Black queer journalist Joshua Mackey's cover story revealing how Black HIV activists during the height of the AIDS epidemic fought for community power & survival — take a look & learn some essential history! - www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/02/thes...

These 3 lessons from the AIDS epidemic show how Black communities can combat HIV under Trump - LGBTQ Nation

Over 40 years of Black HIV activism changed the nation while proving why Black activists still matter today.

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Country homophobic climate strongly lowers well-being (β ≈ −1.68). -You don’t have to be attacked -You don’t even have to come out -You just live there …and your well-being drops.

Only 1.8% identify of LGBT if 80+ Only 3% of older baby boomers 61+ Only 5.1% of Gen X, 45-60 Only 14.2% of Millennials 23.1% of Gen Z, only 1 in 5 I don’t get why this demographic receives so much attention from brands or politicians, based on this year’s Gallup

As human beings, we are fundamentally the same. On this World AIDS Day, let us recognize that the survival and flourishing of the 8 billion people on this planet depend on acknowledging that we are one human family.

Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉 We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky: