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This article is based on my views as an advocate and people I have talked to who are living with HIV. Over the years since I started advocating (almost 7...

Have you heard of this saying before this article? I grew up hearing this saying. You may have some experience in dealing with this continuous situation yourself. The last several...

In this video, I will be talking about PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis), U=U (undetectable equals untransmittable), and the need both topics a part of the conversation at the same time. In...

In this video, I'll be talking about a prestigious honor I recently received - the Gender Non-Conforming Lifetime Achievement Award from the I Am Human Foundation based in Atlanta, Georgia...

I have some great news to share with you all today - I just recently got a promotion at work. I am beyond ecstatic for the new opportunities that are...

As of this writing, we are at the end of 2021. In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and our lives were turned upside down with fear, wondering who will...

Research scientists are working together to see if a combination of medications - lenacapavir and islatravir - can improve HIV management. Both of these medications have a big advantage over...

As 2021 ends, I wanted to take the time to acknowledge both strengths and areas of improvement within my own life. That year was a rollercoaster, to say the least...

In mid-December 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Apretude (cabotegravir) as the first injectable HIV preventive drug. Apretude is approved for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce the...

The older I become, the more sleep I feel I need to get every night. I didn’t realize was how much sleep I was lacking on a weekly basis. I...

In this video, I will be talking about fitness! Living with HIV, my fitness has been a journey - especially when it came to how I ate and how many...

It has been about 2 years since I wrote about U=U. If you do not know what that it is, U=U stands for undetectable equals untransmittable. When a person is...

We know that PrEP, PEP, and ART work really well to prevent and treat HIV. How do we get them to the people who need them? The Adolescent Medicine Trials...

I have pursued a career in public health for over 6 years now and in my current position, I am not fully able to utilize my HIV tester and counselor...

Today, I want to talk about intimacy, sex life, and dating during this pandemic. In this video, I will also share how I used the global shutdown to look within...

In this video, I will be talking about the importance of having a strong support system. Living with HIV has been a journey with its ups and downs. But the...

In late 2017, I was hospitalized with pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP). This is when we found out that I was HIV-positive. I originally only had a CD4 count of 5, which...

I find it interesting that I'm very confident about being HIV-positive, but I feel insecure about speaking about my mental health. At the end of August, I experienced psychosis for...

Months ago, I began my journey with the keto diet. My weight was causing me so much physical, mental, and emotional stress that I wanted to take some sort of...

You have probably seen the recent news about the "Esperanza patient." This person has been able to clear any measurable HIV in their cells for more than 8 years in...