Red's blog

A definition does not allow room for growth. Life with HIV is not definitive; it is change. It is growth.

Un aliado descuidado no puede ser mi aliado.

A careless ally cannot be my ally.

I do not associate with victimhood. Yet, in these moments, the victimization of a careless Congress and presidential administration may leave me vulnerable with an inability to pay for medical care and manage my disease.

I advocate for cure research with an open mind and open heart... Personally, I am free from the burden of needing a cure. It's a "nice-to-have", not a "need-to-have".

HIV criminalization is an amalgamation of a lot of things. It is ignorance overlaid with fear and underpinned by the need to exert power over the same people who are being feared.

Truth is, both forgiveness and the inability to forgive inhibit interpersonal relationships and growth and how we level up in life.

Not only do I want these things, I deserve them. So does everyone else living with HIV. Shift the paradigm. Let's talk about pleasure.

No solo quiero estas cosas, las merezco. Igual que todos los demás viviendo con VIH. Cambia el paradigma. Habla sobre el placer.

Becoming a nurse taught me how to live with HIV.