battling stigma

I'm a 17 year advocate. I'm a 47 year old separated mother of 3. I contracted HIV from an ex-boyfriend who was separated from his baby mother; they both were positive and I didn't know about his status.

Saben que siento!! En la vida tenemos que luchar! Soy un luchadora instintiva y por naturaleza. "No es mi culpa," odio las excusas! ¿Cómo puedes pedirme que luche por ti y por tu vida, y te pido que...

You know I feel that in life we have to fight! I am an instinctual fighter by nature. "I can't help it," I hate excuses!! How can you ask me to fight for you and your life, and I ask you to help me...

I went for my usual clinic at my facility and it is routine to take pregnancy test before collecting medicine. I remember after taking the test, four of us were expectant. During this period, I was...

Over 150 years after its publication, multitudes of us face the same public stigma and degradation due to the diagnosis of HIV.

Irma plus 2. How has my life been impacted by Irma and does HIV become a priority concern? No, after securing my meds to a safe location. Safety, water, food, shelter, that's what's on my mind.

Muchos artículos sobre el #vih son bien ofensivos! Nos traen más estigma, porque siempre usan tácticas de miedo! Esta es una de mis respuestas a los medios y al artículo que tiene un lenguaje bien...

My name is Lilian from Kenya. I am 37 years old. As a young lady I always had the dream in life just like any other person to have a good education and start my family.

I will try to explain with humility and respect the reason why it hurts us to deny the truth and not support the science that says that undetectable = untransmittable. This was a response to a person...

The aftermath and education... I made it through. I am Clean! Off these drugs taking my serenity from me. I notice as days turn to weeks just what my part in stigma is. I am disappointed I have...