Stories

It was an odd sensation, coming to terms with what my doctor was telling me. At 22 years old, the week before graduating with my Bachelor's, when I should have...

Hi, my name is Alberto Pérez Bermúdez and I found out that I was HIV positive when I was 18 years old. I’m a long term survivor for 32 years...

I have been living successfully with the HIV diagnosis for 35 1/2 years. I am 26 1/2 years clean from drugs & cigarettes. I am single and looking for my...

I had been married for 10 years and we separated because he cheated. I stayed for almost 4 and a half years when he called me up and told me...

We are always introduced as The Marshall's. Kalvin and Eunice, married for 35 years. A seroconcordant couple, meaning we both are living with HIV. I’m always asked to tell my...

Interested in sharing your own diagnosis story, treatment experience, or another aspect of living with HIV? My name is Helen. I'm 24 yrs old, and a single mother of one...

I was born smiling, my mother says. All of my life I’ve been complimented on my smile. I don’t have the whitest or straightest teeth. I’ve never modeled and I’m...

I tested positive for HIV in 2007, and received the news by means of a phone call while I was sitting with a client. I’m a financial professional, happily married...

HIV sharpened my focus. Before my diagnosis, I was fluttering about, spreading my energy thin on things that were beyond my control to change, things that didn’t concern me or...

My parents kicked me out and threw me into the streets at the age of 13 with HIV. Sex work saved my life. I also acknowledge that sex work comes...

I graduated high school in 1987, already on the fast track going nowhere fast. So, I was a part of the mid 80's-90's crack epidemic and this hurts me now...

At H-I-V.net, we believe that we are stronger together than we are alone. Living with HIV can be a challenge, but the more we share and support one another, the...