activism, advocacy

Sonya posted a new blog Our Heart... on A Girl Like Me’s “Voices from our Allies” page: Do we truly understand the power of learning to listen with our hearts? Well recently the community has been...

Do we truly understand the power of learning to listen with our hearts? Well recently the community has been opening up to me pertaining to HIV/AIDS Awareness, and it's truly amazing! I have been...

When I began speaking publicly about HIV/AIDS eight years ago, I thought that I was simply doing my part to educate and create awareness about a disease that had changed my life forever. I spoke at...

As many of you know, when the The Well Project was founded in 2002, it was primarily a U.S.-focused resource. As time went by, however, it became clear that the need for accurate, reliable information...

Everyone asks me what’s my secret behind my proactivity in life. How do I manage to work 9 hours a day in office, yet find time for friends? How do I balance my official work to that of Activism? How...

Remember that the beautiful butterfly was once a cocoon. There is hope as long as there is life 3. "Being strong is also coming to terms that life is not easy, we may not always be happy and we...

Life has been such a paradox. A few years ago I woke up to a nightmare when I found out I was positive. However this nightmare made me more determined than ever to make my dream come true. My dream...

As a very out and open HIV+ transwoman, I'm often approached by well-intentioned people at conferences and other events who tell me about how they support the transgender community, but that they don...

At age twenty five I decided to go back to college. I enrolled to an HBCU and majored in Sociology. I loved my major and made the Dean’s list every semester. In addition to being in school full time I...

Hi everyone- :) Below is a bilingual video of my partner, Lisa, and I describing another one of the healthy juices we make--this one is a detox juice. I also talk about the vitamins and supplements I...