Shawn Syms (born 1970) is a Canadian writer and activist on LGBT issues and other aspects of progressive politics based in Toronto, Ontario.
During that time, Syms was also active in the political organization AIDS Action NOW!, which fought for access to treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS.
In 1997 and 1998, he was publisher,[4] for Pink Triangle Press, of Canadian Male, a short-lived gay men's sexual magazine characterized by very diverse contents and high production values.
As a journalist, Syms has specialized in covering medical conditions transmitted through drug use and sexual practices, including hepatitis, herpes, HPV and HIV/AIDS.
[9] Syms's fiction writing was nominated[10] for the 2009 Journey Prize, and was twice[11] short-listed[12] for the short-fiction competition associated with the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival.