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I've lived with severe depression and anxiety for most of my life, so it's not at all anything new to me, but what I've been going through this past year seems so much stronger than anything I've ever...

Submitted on: Oct 5, 2020

I was making tacos last night (I make amazing tacos by the way), and I had the thought that I wished I was making them for someone else. Cooking for someone else. Almost simultaneously realized how lonely I am. It hurt my damn feelings.

Submitted on: Oct 1, 2020

I have not known a life without HIV. In the era of U=U and PrEP, I feel myself navigating the stigma of HIV at an increased volume. The more people living with HIV attempt to escape the stigmas...

Submitted on: Sep 14, 2020

To be a warrior, there is no need to be in a war of guns and fight until you win. I have been in many different wars with and without gunfire. I am still fighting one long war, which I call the "STIGMA WAR".

Submitted on: Sep 8, 2020

Can we just talk about The Well Project for a moment?

Submitted on: Aug 20, 2020
Heather O'Connor in hospital bed, smiling, holding newborn baby on her chest.

The Well Project asked A Girl Like Me blogger Heather O'Connor about breastfeeding as a woman living with HIV in the United States.

Submitted on: Aug 18, 2020

It has been while and I would like to check on how you have been doing. It says that life is like a disco ball, no matter how the music changes, you just keep on dancing.

Submitted on: Aug 17, 2020

It's been a while since I've written anything. I've just been so caught up with life these last four months, just like I'm sure you all have been as well. I count my blessings every day knowing that...

Submitted on: Jul 23, 2020

To you, all my Amazons! You impact lives and motivate others around you; you all are awesome! Attending different sessions of this series has impacted me in every area of my life during this trying...

Submitted on: Jul 22, 2020

As a woman living with HIV since 2003, I dream of a world that is free from HIV stigma, where people with HIV can express themselves with confidence.

Submitted on: Jul 22, 2020

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