The 24th biennial International AIDS Conference took place from the end of July into the beginning of August this year, and I was happy to have been able to attend. The first Montréal IAS (International AIDS Society) meeting was in...
A Girl Like Me
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I am a healthy 62 year old woman living with untransmittable HIV for 20 years. I take care of myself, exercise, cook healthy meals, and work full-time at an integrative health clinic managing the Botanical Medicine Department. I have an...
Today we are celebrating one year Stories of Hope! And we have achieved so much since our official launch on 18 July 2021, Mandela Day. Early last year, we started Stories of Hope with two Heroes, and since then our...
I practice getting in my own way like it's an artform. Sometimes, when things seem to be going really smoothly, I experience this sense of uneasiness like I'm waiting for the next trauma to unravel in front of me like...
This weekend I was invited by Brandon O'Dell, director of the Amsterdam Dinner Foundation to celebrate 30 (!) years of support to the HIV community. And what a fantastic evening I had, together with the other 1,100 people supporting our...
I haven't written in what feels like an eternity; not even sure I've written something that's been publicly shared at all in 2022... I knew I was struggling and even had an accountability party who was also feeling similar emotions...
As an organization committed to improving health and securing bodily autonomy for women and all birthing people across the gender spectrum, we are infuriated and devastated by the United States Supreme Court decision announced today to overturn Roe vs. Wade...
Tip: Can't nobody take your voice. It’s yours. I mean, people always have the choice of ignoring you. But that doesn't mean shut up. It just means, maybe you wasn't supposed to yell. You was supposed to whisper. At least...
Every person living with HIV has the right to the tools and support they need to make well-informed decisions about education, employment, and other economic opportunities.
The pain in her eyes, the love in her smile. She makes a room move, her energy is just that smooth. She has gave till she can't give, she has loved till she wants to stop, but that is not...
