The Ride: Seven Days to End AIDS

Meet the Cast:

Jon is the son of a preacher from a small town in Ohio. Jon, realized he was gay very early on and with his very religious background and upbringing had a hard time coming to terms with his sexuality.

Being gay in a small town wasn't easy for Jon and he moved to Cleveland where he...

Carolyn

Carolyn is a 29 year-old Restaurant Training manager who is riding for her uncle, Jonathan.

Jonathan was one of the first openly positive AIDS Riders and founder of the Positive Pedalers group. The "Pos Pedalers" as they are called started out as a small group of riders on the very first CA AIDS Ride. They were there to let people know it was ok to come out of the closet once more, but this time as an HIV positive person.

Carolyn is HIV-. She is wearing her uncle's jersey and riding in his memory. She met her girlfriend April when she placed a personal ad on the Internet.

April

April is a thirty year-old student riding with Carolyn, her girlfriend of three and a half years. April is about to fulfill a life-long dream and has applied to several out of state Medical Schools. For both, The Ride is a time for them to bond and share something meaningful before April heads...

Dr. Vince

Dr. Vince is a pediatric emergency room doctor at UCLA Medical Center. He is used to intense pressure, a grueling pace, and emotionally harrowing encounters.

Forty years old and HIV-, the young, gay, and handsome Dr. Vince "roadied" in the Medical tent for last year's AIDS/Lifecycle 3....

Cheralyn

Cher is a bubbly, fun, and an emotional 30-year-old heterosexual female.

As she readily admits, she has the potential to be a bit schizophrenic, laughing and crying in the same sentence, all with heartfelt emotion. This is Cher's first time on The Ride. She is riding for her "Daddy"...

Caroline

Caroline joined the army when she was only seventeen years old. While in the military she met her husband, a navy corpsman, a former intravenous drug user, who died of AIDS complications in 1991. Caroline herself was diagnosed as HIV positive in 1986.

Caroline was discharged from the...

Dan

Dan works long, hard hours at the main distribution center of a large national grocery chain. Although he had already been an avid cyclist when he first met Caroline had never participated in anything as challenging as Aids/LifeCycle before. After meeting, Caroline asked Dan for some help with her...

Nathan

Nathan is a 44-Year-old heterosexual architect, married with an 8-year-old son and is also a tri-athlete and an avid cyclist.

Nathan believes he contracted HIV through a blood transfusion about 15 years ago but didn't even know until he took a blood test to get married 10 years ago. He...

Ric aka Ginger Brewlay

Perhaps no face more clearly embodies the colorful spirit of the AIDS/LifeCycle than that of Ric.

Also known as "Ginger Brewlay," Ric's drag queen alter ego, this flamboyant cheerleader has made it a practice to station herself at the hardest hills of the route in order to encourage,...