Living

It has been nine years since I have been diagnosed with HIV. I cannot believe how fast the time flew right on by. It was nine years ago when I...

Picture it - you’re bopping along at a decent clip. You’re getting things done. By all standards, things are running smoother than a smoothie. And then you wake up. No...

One vacation, two vacations, three vacations, four! While most people find vacations relaxing, they can be stressful for individuals living with chronic health conditions like HIV. Planning for a vacation...

We all know that we live in a world where people who live with HIV hide behind their diagnosis. I am not saying that they don’t disclose but they don’t...

I don’t think I gave my eating habits any thought until I received my HIV test results in 1994. I was 29 years old and had dabbled in "healthy food"...

The world is filled with awareness days, but one we should always highlight is National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day or NYHAAD is always observed on...

I have worked in a few non-profit organizations for the last eight years and have learned that employee burnout is real and have also felt it myself on many different...

Merriam-Webster defines Humanity as: It also defines a Human as: So, how did we lose our humanity? My wife and I, as of February 2023, have been living with HIV...

Several years ago, I ended up with shingles. This was a health condition that I was not expecting to experience so early in my life. But it is a condition...

Recently, I was confronted with a startling fact. During my annual physical, my doctor referred to me as 'someone in your age group.' It took me a moment to process...

I was 11 years old when I was diagnosed with HIV on March 26, 1987. There were no effective treatments available at the time, which meant the prognosis wasn’t good...

My viral load has been undetectable for 20 years. This has kept opportunistic infections at bay, leaving me to deal with other challenges to my health. Like the time I...

'Condomless' sex is kind of a hard topic to talk about. But the reality of a lot of people's sex lives is that wrapping it up 100 percent of the...

I wanted to write about some disturbing news I came across and I started to do some more research about it over the last couple of weeks. There are places...

"None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have faith." - Paulo Coelho Everyone has various beliefs...

As we move into Women’s History Month in March, I would like to shed light on two amazing women who have been there for me through my diagnosis. These two...

I learned that being HIV+ was a crime in 1989. It was during a training session for a demonstration I participated in to protest the lack of and high cost...

Discrimination (unequal treatment) based on HIV status continues to be an issue globally. Many countries have adopted laws barring discrimination against people based on their HIV status. But there are...

There is a lot to be concerned about in living with HIV. Every day another headline details another issue people need to advocate behind or mobilize around. It’s the culture...

I expressed to you all that I have been wanting to start a social support group for HIV-positive men at my place of employment. I used to facilitate one a...