After nearly 15 years as an entertainment publicist in Los Angeles, Thomas DeLorenzo has some pretty outrageous stories to tell. Because of his hard work and dedication, DeLorenzo is the person with THE MOST NOMINATED client list in Emmy history for an individual publicist, having 4 nominations at one Emmy Awards alone. Recently, DeLorenzo’s client, Kathy Joosten, won an Emmy for her work on DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, making it her second win.

In 2006, The New York Times chose DeLorenzo as one of the five Unsung Heroes in the Battle Against HIV/AIDS for his Project benefiting the hospice clients of the San Antonio AIDS Foundation. His profile ran in The New York Times World AIDS Day Section. In 2008, the San Antonio AIDS Foundation named him their Angel of the Year. In 2008, DeLorenzo expanded the project to include Joseph’s House, an AIDS Hospice in Washington, D.C., dedicated to serving homeless individuals with AIDS.

Using his PR work as a stepping-stone, DeLorenzo was able to work with the Obama, Clinton, Kerry, and Gore campaigns. In 2000, a personal and professional highlight for DeLorenzo, was attending the Democratic National Convention as a guest of Vice President Gore and his family.

As a person living with AIDS himself, DeLorenzo has worked with and continues to work on behalf of a variety of AIDS organizations throughout the country. Included on the list are AIDS Search Alliance, National Association of People with AIDS, Pets Are Wonderful Support/LA, Sacramento AIDS Foundation, Being Alive LA, Joseph’s House, Gay Men’s Health Crisis, Broadway Cares, and, his personal favorite, the San Antonio AIDS Foundation. He has also been a guest columnist for POZ Magazine’s political issue, October 2008. DeLorenzo is also a regular columnist for HuffingtonPost.com, writing about health care from a person with AIDS point of view.

DeLorenzo also champions women’s health care issues through work with the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. In March of 2006, DeLorenzo had the honor of lobbying Congress on Planned Parenthood’s behalf, meeting with Senators Clinton, Durbin, Obama, and Lautenberg. He also attended the NOW Annual Conference in Albany, New York. In 2004, DeLorenzo was an honored guest of Planned Parenthood Federation of America at the March on Washington for Women’s’ Health.

In 2003, DeLorenzo produced in conjunction with the Daytime for Planned Parenthood Committee, the very successful theatrical event “Daytime for Planned Parenthood” featuring the acting talents of 12 major Daytime television stars in the play TALKING WITH. In 2006, the Committee sponsored a cocktail party at the home of Heather Tom, which DeLorenzo also produced. Nearly 30 Daytime and Primetime celebrities, including Kate Walsh of GREY’S ANATOMY, attended the evening. DeLorenzo produced a third successful Daytime for Planned Parenthood event at Cosmo Lofts Hollywood, in June of 2008. DeLorenzo also furthered his producing career with the project KIDS TALK POLITICS.

DeLorenzo will also be launching an eveningwear line with his client Kathy Joosten in Spring 2009. Working with Alex Evening of New York, DeLorenzo and Joosten plan to take the line to QVC, aiming for the mature woman who wants to look elegant for the evening but not spend a great deal of money.
DeLorenzo attends Santa Monica College, taking coursework to prepare him for his graduate studies in Political Science. Recently, DeLorenzo completed an independent study project on Russian NGOs who specialize in the human rights of people with HIV/AIDS. In 1984, DeLorenzo earned a B.A. with a concentration in Psychology from Hofstra University.

Some of DeLorenzo's current and former clients include two time Emmy winner Heather Tom, Nancy Sinatra, Nicholle Tom, Bree Williamson, Alison Mack, Chad Allen, Lyndsy Fonseca, David Tom, Jim Turner, Carter Oosterhouse, Cameron Romero, Batpack Studios, Ethnographic Media Group, Bacardi, Purina Fancy Feast, and Kathy Joosten.

In addition to working on his public relations clients, DeLorenzo is preparing to attend graduate school and is working on his first book about long term AIDS survivors.

Blog Entries by Thomas DeLorenzo

Since When Is the Expression of Fear and Ignorance a Basic American Right?

1 Comments | Posted August 25, 2009 | 11:40 AM (EST)


AIDS Denialists' Movie Does a Better Job in Spreading Fear than an Insurance Company Lobbyist.

All these conversations about health care just keep me going back to two words -- fear and denial. Remove these two words, and we would easily have a health care system that could work...

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Can I Get the Same Health Care Plan That Michael Steele Has?

5 Comments | Posted July 20, 2009 | 02:35 PM (EST)


One man's response to Michael Steele's cries of socialism regarding the health care plan being discussed in Congress at this time.


Dear Mr. Steele:

I am writing in response to your comments on the current health care plan in Congress, specifically calling the plan Socialism. As a person...

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AIDS in America 2009 -- Where oh where is Ryan White when we need him most?

5 Comments | Posted June 2, 2009 | 04:03 PM (EST)


Where, oh, where is Ryan White when you need him most?
My ongoing quest for Universal Healthcare in America

I have never met Ryan White though feel as if I have. In fact, I feel rather intimate with him, in spite of our lack of face time. Ryan White...

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When Will Americans Reach the Promised Land of Universal Health Care?

Posted April 1, 2009 | 03:34 PM (EST)


Why is Amazon.com pushing "Goodbye AIDS" while DC infection rates are on the rise?


While our lawmakers are busy on CNN placing the blame for the financial crisis instead of just trying to solve it, Americans are dealing with an ever-increasing problem - poor or no health insurance....

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Will Americans Ever Get Their Health Care Reform -- And Why I Suddenly Feel Very Lucky to have AIDS

Posted February 18, 2009 | 01:32 PM (EST)


Who would have ever guessed that anyone would say they felt lucky to have AIDS? As many Americans leave the land of financial over-hype and find themselves back on the ground trying to deal with the their new fiscal reality, it makes me realize that I got my proverbial shot...

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Universal health care and the New America -- Bush's Legacy of Denial

Posted January 14, 2009 | 12:30 PM (EST)


Today is my birthday. Today is a day that, frankly, just a few years ago, I did not think I would live to see. Most of my gay male friends from my New York days aren't around to celebrate it with me. They weren't as lucky as I am with...

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Universal Health Care and the New America -- Where is my Year End Bonus for Just Surviving

Posted December 12, 2008 | 04:37 PM (EST)


As I begin this entry, I am perplexed and overwhelmed. How did things get so very out of hand and, yet, at times, seem so very uncorrectable? How did our leaders go so very, very far astray, as if they had the government on some kind of autopilot button? We...

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Universal Health Care and the New America (with Respect to Harvey Milk)

Posted November 29, 2008 | 12:15 AM (EST)


This is the column my parents will wish I didn't write.

I should first begin by warning you I just came home from viewing Milk. We gay people often think our history is just discos, drag queens and casual sex. But long ago, in a galaxy not so far away...

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Why I Want Senator Clinton to Stay in the Senate -- to Continue her Fight for Health Care

Posted November 18, 2008 | 01:13 PM (EST)


My Sunday morning began just like any other one, pretty much. I get out of bed and go through my self imposed morning yoga and then a perusal of the major news websites, catching up on the events that occurred when I was not looking. One item kept jumping out...

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Universal Health Care -- All Americans Need to Have a Chance at a great health care.

Posted November 2, 2008 | 03:59 PM (EST)


Yesterday I was ending another one of my typical weeks here in Hollywood. You know the ones filled with an excess of encouragement and not enough signed contracts or checks that clear. Hollywood is a town where everyone is always just about to have an orgasm, but for factors out...

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Universal Healthcare -- Change has to Happen

Posted November 1, 2008 | 01:44 PM (EST)


Apparently the word this season on Million Dollar Password is "Change". I constantly hear it out of everyone's mouths -- We need change -- This all has to change. Its true, our world cannot stay the same - we have to make some changes. In my mind I keep going...

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Universal Health Care and the 2008 Election -- How Is It Still Possible After the Fiscal Meltdown?

Posted October 17, 2008 | 03:43 PM (EST)


Did the financial meltdown destroy all hopes for any chance of a new health care system?

As I start to write this, I am just confused and angry, and don't know exactly where to begin. I try to remain positive and focus on the good things in my life, but...

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Univeral Health Care and the New Fiscal Meltdown -- Run to the Border for Health Care

Posted September 29, 2008 | 09:58 AM (EST)


Wall Street isn't the only one with a second chance. I got my own bailout recently when my blood work came back. I am very, very elated that my T cell count is 852, which for the first time since I started counting these things is now in the "normal"...

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UK versus US Systems -- How Universal Health Care Works in the UK

Posted September 12, 2008 | 01:31 PM (EST)


I was having dinner last night with an old friend who shared with me a story about her recent encounter with the Los Angeles County Hospital system. A friend of her's was hurt while riding a horse and had no insurance. The woman was forced to go to Los Angeles...

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Universal Health Care and the Selection of a Vice President

Posted September 4, 2008 | 01:20 PM (EST)


Universal Health Care and the Selection of a Vice President
Why McCain should have picked Romney over Palin

Last December, I got to live through the Writers' Guild of America's strike. What they forgot about in the strike is the collateral damage it caused, and I was one of...

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Universal Health Care Begins At Home

Posted August 29, 2008 | 12:00 AM (EST)


Many people often overlook the fact that one man cannot change a whole country - one man can affect change, but people change a whole country. If each of us takes responsibility to start on the road to Universal Health Care, it will happen. We can all create the system...

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Universal Healthcare and the 2008 Election

Posted August 19, 2008 | 02:13 PM (EST)


I started writing this while riding on an Amtrak train heading north along the Hudson River to see my parents. I just spent four wonderfully intense days in New York City, one of my favorite places on the planet. Home for me these days is Los Angeles, a location that...
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