Rich Juzwiak is a writer for Jezebel. He previously wrote for Gawker. He lives in Brooklyn. ^[1]

Juzwiak grew up in South New Jersey. He knew he was gay from age 5, but came out at age 25. ^[2]

Juzwiak's writings on sexual codes surrounding the Human Immunodeficiency Virus have been widely read. He at one point refused to date HIV positive men, even though he admitted to scientific evidence stating that the virus was not transferrable if the viral count was undetectable. However, his views changed after the PARTNER study. ^[0]