a movement to reclaim our dignity & end HIV stigma
Tell us a summary of your story living with HIV/AIDS I didn’t know what my life would look like living with HIV. I didn’t know I would make it this far. I had no idea I would meet so many amazing people young and old. I had no idea IRead More
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Tell us a summary of your story living with HIV/AIDS I struggled a lot when I was diagnosed with HIV. I was diagnosed right as I was graduating from undergrad in May 2021. While I saw my friends and peers continue their education or begin their careers, I was paralyzed with shame. I began treatmentRead More
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Tell us a summary of your story living with HIV/AIDS I have been living with HIV since November 30, 2019. Being a black trans woman I always took pride in being negative. However, as life happened and obstacles and struggles occurred, certain lived experiences took me down a path ofRead More
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Michelle is a strong woman that HIV has been living with for more than 15 years. Michelle is the Chair of the Ryan White Planning Council for the Indianapolis Transitional Grant Area (TGA). She works with the ZIP Coalition in Region 7 (Marion County) and volunteers at the Damien Center.Read More
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Tell us a summary of your story living with HIV/AIDS I contracted HIV at the young age of 18 from my very first boyfriend who did not disclose his status. The health department pulled up to my mother’s house and knocked at the door and told me I needed toRead More
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Harold B. has “outlived the death sentences of the HIV/AIDS “ for over forty-three years. Living in New York City at the time he was initially diagnosed, Harold’s recollections from that time are somber reminders of the utter destruction & despair that ripped through the gay community. As a BlackRead More
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