Stories

Contracting HIV in the early years was considered a given if you were a White Gay Man. A so-called punishment from God. Is how society recognized it. As the span...

Dating as an HIV-positive and bisexual individual has been a turbulent rollercoaster and uncertain road for me. Yes, it is now a chronic condition, but the stigma and certain "myths"...

I have been in a relationship for nearly four years. 1 week ago my world was turned upside down when my partner got a call that he HIV positive. It...

Have been having pains in my lower abdomen, a few weeks later my lymph nodes were swollen in my groin, and migrated to my head for the next two days...

Hey everyone I'm Jonathan, back on February 2nd I was scheduled to get lab work done at my doctor's office. They did the CBC (complete blood count) and CMP (comprehensive...

Has anyone been on, has used or, is currently using Egrifta? Egrifta is for oversized bellies! Interested in sharing your thoughts about living with HIV...

Greetings everyone! I am John. I had sex with a sex worker and condom broke while I was inside her and I didn't take any PrEP. A few days later...

I received my HIV diagnosis in 2007, during a monumental breakthrough in treatment for HIV. New medication provided the patient highly effective treatment with minimal side effects and minimized drug...

I am a 56-year-old gay man. I contracted HIV in 1984. I did not understand the difference between sex and love. Basically, I was very promiscuous, young, and naive. Back...

Hello, I'm from Algeria, I am 36 y.o. and I have HIV. I'm feeling bad, I have no one to talk to, only my family know about my disease. I...

I feel I might have been exposed to HIV after having sex with a sex worker unprotected couple weeks back. I have these lymph nodes lined up on my neck...

Hey, I'm Sam and today I've been letting everything and anything play on my mind and take over. It's been 9 years in March I was tested positive for HIV...

I remember reflecting on the real and significant possibility of living with HIV. As I walked into the clinic and heard the door shut behind me I felt an uneasy...

Robert: The woman that I vowed to be my lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in...

As of May 19, 2021, I was informed that I was HIV positive. To say that I was shocked was an understatement, having never had ANY STD ever in my...

I will never forget that day when I heard that news on March 8, 2018. It seems my life from the past became a blur since that day. I have...

I'm 62 years old had the HIV virus. Before doctor's and scientists knew what was going on I played drums in a jazz band when I was 15 years old...

I struggle with suicidal ideation severely so when I was diagnosed I struggled hard with even wanting to treat it. I thought, ok, here's the answer, just let nature take...

Being positive for 36 years has been a bittersweet love affair with HIV. I'm very fortunate to still being alive and living with and not dying from it. Like so...

I am one of the very few long-term survivors of Lexington, Kentucky. I am the only 40-year survivor in my county. I have been married to my HIV- man for...