It is September 25th, 2023. This day marks my 11th year of knowing that I'm living with HIV.

Have you ever felt invisible? As a child I felt invisible. In my home there were just three of us: my mother, my brother, and me.

This was my first time attending the USCHA conference in DC. This year's theme was "A Love Letter to Black Women".

I would like to tell you about a very special conference to me; it's called Positive Living and it's hosted by an organization called Oasis Florida. I've been coming to this conference since 2015. I...

MY GIRLS! I can't explain the connection and the happiness I feel when I'm around them. When I share space with them, I feel heard and held and so effortlessly it comes naturally for me to do the same...

If you are new to advocating, have never been to USCHA, or are interested in learning about HIV, I highly suggest considering your attendance for the coming year!

Last year at USCHA I stood in a room and said We are not long-term survivors, but we are LIFETIME SURVIVORS.

Oh dear melanin melanated skin beautiful without and beautiful within they could never comprehend what it's like to be a man or wo/man hold on let me make this make sense they said we came from the...

We all have that one thing in common. The person we were before diagnosis and now as a +Supergirl. There's that one experience that only we know how it feels. That first time we looked eye to eye with...

I want to blog for A Girl Like Me because it is the most encouraging combined force of powerful women, people and allies, speaking out and showing solidarity.