PRESS RELEASE from Strength In Numbers

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Bryan Levinson
Founder, Strength In Numbers
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March 2, 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SIN and its founder make the cover of national publication

(Hollywood, CA) - The April 2006 issue of HIV Plus Magazine (www.hivplusmag.com), published by LPI Media (owners of OUT & The Advocate magazines), features the founder of Strength In Numbers (aka SIN) on the cover in the first national article about the organization.  SIN is a grassroots not-for-profit social support network for HIV+ gay men that started in September 2002 with a small potluck in Los Angeles for single poz men.  Today SIN has almost 700 members in its original Los Angeles chapter, and more than 20 new chapters around the world reaching over 3000 HIV+ gay men, using Web-based message boards and email lists.

SIN's founder and bashful cover model, Bryan Levinson, remarks, "This is the biggest honor Strength In Numbers has ever had, and marks a huge step in progress for all poz social groups everywhere."  The feature article includes interviews with various members and leaders of local chapters of SIN from Dallas to Salt Lake City about the positive and supportive effect that Strength In Numbers is having in the lives of gay men living with HIV/AIDS.  The story also details a short history of how SIN got started, what makes it unique, and its future plans.

Last year, SIN was honored as the "Outstanding Community Organization" at the 2005 WeHo Awards, and Bryan Levinson was nominated for "Community Volunteer of the Year".  HIV Plus Magazine is distributed nationally and is read by leading HIV experts and advocates as well as hundreds of thousands of HIV+ people around the world.  In conjunction with the national exposure, Strength In Numbers has launched a redesign of its main Website at:

www.strengthinnumbers.org

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