Minutes With Jah: Sex and Pleasure...Negative feelings about sex and having sexual partners can come up after receiving an HIV diagnosis. Becoming undetectable, which means a person...reactions1comment
Pride and Support...Throughout pride season we see many businesses and corporations slapping pride colors on anything and everything. But there are so many other...reactions3comments
Processing an HIV Diagnosis...With my 9-year anniversary of my HIV diagnosis slowly approaching, I started to think about those that are going through a new...reactionscomments
My Mental Health...During the past several years, I knew I needed to really look at my mental state and my overall mental health. I...reactions1comment
Tired...At this moment I'm just tired. Tired of life itself. I was born with HIV. HIV and I have been living together...reactions4comments
The Only Clinic in Town Shut Me Out...I live in rural Kentucky, where there’s only one HIV clinic. The Matthew 25 AIDS Services. When I was diagnosed, they were...reactionscomments
Undetectable and Moving Forward...Hello! When I met one of my lovers. He was HIV positive and I wasn’t. I was looking for love in all...reactionscomments
HIV Saved My Life...At the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, I was just a young boy—no more than 10 years old. I remember sneaking peeks...reactions2comments
From Darkness To Light: The Dennis Levy Story...My name is Dennis Levy. In November 1992, I was living in Atlantic City (known as ‘Fun City’). I had a loving...reactionscomments
What I Do When I Can't Anymore...Ironically, I did not consider pursuing a career until I became HIV-positive. I had been very happy working front-line service-level jobs in...reactions5comments
Step Up, Step Back...For me, becoming an advocate and part of leading a community is learning to prioritize visibility, support, and self-care while balancing or...reactions3comments
Self-Care: Navigating Boundaries...There has been an increase in conversations lately around mental health and what self-care looks like. I have been determined to continue...reactions1comment
Burnout is Real...I have worked in a few non-profit organizations for the last eight years and have learned that employee burnout is real and...reactions3comments
Creating Safe Spaces: My Evolution Into HIV Prevention...I would like to share with you all a question I was asked a few days ago. I went to brunch with...reactions2comments
Adherence for Yourself...I have been living with HIV for over 9 years and even though I have said this many times, I want to...reactions4comments
Trust Issues and My PTSD..."None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have...reactions5comments
Safety Issues, Mental Health, and HIV Diagnosis...Our various personal beliefs, in this case about safety issues, affect our mental health. These beliefs are relative to ourselves and to...reactions1comment
Intimacy Issues and HIV...“If you don't love yourself, you won't be happy with yourself. If you can't love yourself, you can't love anyone else. You...reactions7comments
My Therapy Journey...I almost died prior to receiving my HIV diagnosis. While my case was a dramatic trip to receiving a diagnosis, receiving a...reactions3comments
Cognitive Processing Therapy...Negative thoughts. Anxiety. Fighting to love yourself. In my previous article, My Therapy Journey, I briefly touched on cognitive processing therapy. Cognitive...reactions4comments
