Aaron Pike Shainwald

Background

He was born on September 29, 1981, New York City.

Education

He is a 2003 graduate of Brandeis University.

Career

The wedding and the events leading up to the wedding were the focus of Music Television's True Life: I'm Gay and I'm Getting Married, which aired throughout the 2004 season on the Music Television networks around the globe. Aaron was interviewed in The Advocate, television Guide, Boston Globe, The New York Times, Metro, Boston Herald's Inside Track, and in several other national and international media outlets. The show aired several times throughout the 2004 Music Television season and now currently plays on Logo, Music Television's sister channel. Aaron Pike is also featured in Wendy Diamond’s 2007 documentary In search of Puppy Love, which premiered at the Boston Film Festival. In April 2008, Aaron Pike was interviewed for the New York Times Magazine cover story “Young Gay Rites”, by Benoit Denizet-Lewis. Aaron was interviewed about his feeling on equal marriage rights and was featured in a full page photograph by Erwin Olaf.

Achievements

• The documentary won the 2005 GLAAD Outstanding Documentary Media award at the 16th GLAAD Media Awards and was accepted by the couple in March 2005 in New York City"s Marriott Marquee, Times Square.