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An email inviting me to Pillow Talk came at the perfect time, I had just moved to Kansas City, Missouri from Long Beach, California where I was living with my...

We currently live in a world where safe and supportive LGBTQ+ spaces are hard to find. In my personal experience, I have seen many people in my community associate these...

I was only in fifth grade when I began my period. I have hated every minute of them since. Menstruating while school aged came along with embarrassing moments, like bleeding...

Over the decades, I have watched so many vibrant, young people pass away. I knew some of them, and I only saw others. Most of them disappeared and were never...

One thing that I have been seeing online lately is individuals sharing their proudest moments. I have shared with you all my New Year's resolutions, but I would like to...

Content Note: This article describes suicidal thoughts. If you or a loved one are struggling, consider reading our mental health resources page. Living with major depressive disorder is exhausting in...

I was diagnosed with AIDS in mid-June, 2000, in northwest Alabama. I was only 27 years old, with a marriage and three young babies. My youngest wasn’t even walking yet...

I wasn’t expecting to be diagnosed with HIV for my 30th birthday. And I certainly wasn’t planning to be under treatment for HPV-related cancer thirty years later. Yet here I...

I was involved in an abusive homosexual relationship starting in October 2015 until April 2017. In April 2017, I almost died from being stabbed several times. I received staples and...

A key part of managing HIV is following your healthcare team’s exact direction for your treatment. One of the main parts of following your treatment plan is taking antiretroviral medicines...

Content Note: This article describes abuse. If you or a loved one are struggling, consider reading our mental health resources page. I live by the quote stating, “Try to look...

This year I will forever remember my Los Angeles Pride experience. I was fortunate to accompany 4 of the most important people in my life to their very first pride...

People living with HIV/AIDS for many years often have specific needs. They may face different challenges than long-term survivors of other health conditions. In the early days of the AIDS...

HIV can only be transmitted in certain ways from person to person. It can only be transmitted through certain bodily fluids that contain the virus. It cannot be transmitted through...

When someone has been living with HIV for over 2 decades as I have, you begin to do your research, read and study in order to educate yourself on the...

Living with HIV has taught me just how necessary it is to protect myself from communicable illnesses. While my immune system is recovering from where it was during my diagnosis...

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been so effective at treating people living with HIV that they have roughly the same life expectancy as those without HIV. As more people with HIV...

"You are HIV positive," words we all have heard. Words I never expected nor had prepared myself to cope with when I was told to come into my obstetrics/gyneocology office...

When it comes to medical issues connecting the dots can be complicated. Sometimes it takes new doctors with new tests to start making the connections. When I started seeing a...

Both living with HIV and aging over time is something that I and many others go through. I was young when I was diagnosed with HIV and, the older that...