a movement to reclaim our dignity & end HIV stigma
Tell me part of your story of living with HIV? I was diagnosed with HIV in the spring of 1987 and have been undetectable since 1989. I have been living a healthy life with HIV since then. Also, having healthy relationships with HIV. My journey started when I was livingRead More
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Tell me part of your story of living with HIV? I have been living with HIV since being diagnosed in 1999. One of the first questions I asked my doctor was, “am I gonna die?” and he told me not on my watch. So then I knew that I wasRead More
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Tell me part of your story of living with HIV? I found out I was living with HIV in 2009 when I turned 18. It turns out, I had it since birth but that was never told to me by my adoptive parents. When I actually went to the doctorRead More
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Tell me part of your story of living with HIV? I became infected when it was a death sentence in the late 80’s. I went through the whole stigma of: no insurance, owning a business, married, 2 children and deciding how I was going to live. My doctor told meRead More
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Tell me a summary of your story of living with HIV. In the face of all the stigma and negativity surrounding an HIV diagnosis it would be remiss of me to not acknowledge the ways in which HIV became the catalyst for much of my personal growth as a gay person,Read More
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Tell me a summary of your story of living with HIV. Living with HIV really gave me a connection to another spill of people. It gave me a purpose to live, it’s given my a career. I’m learned so much behind it. What’s the biggest thing that you learned aboutRead More
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Tell me a summary of your story of living with HIV. I was diagnosed with HIV in 1997 when I was around 36 years old. My viral load was very high at 976,000 copies/mL, and my CD4 count was just above 200 cell/mm^3, indicating that I was progressing towards death. Within one month ofRead More
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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 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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I have stacks of incomplete diaries, stemming back to as early as my senior year in high school. I came in and out of times when journaling was helpful, giving me shattered glimpses into periods of my life. There is more of a lifetime left off the page as on,Read More
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