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To honor the amazing leadership, advocacy and work of The Well Project Founder (and first A Girl Like Me blogger), Dawn Averitt, we would like to share this note from her brother and Co-Founder, Richard Averitt. "Today is the celebration of my sister...

Maybe I really don’t understand how ill I am, or maybe I don’t want to. Either way, I keep reading and studying for the (nursing) state boards in a week. There are a lot of AIDS questions in the practice tests. I really am offended how sick they...

Using a modified "treatment cascade" as a framework, the 2013 WRI meeting highlighted the reasons for gaps in women's HIV care and treatment and identified successful strategies to address them.

I can't believe I just watched a team of real doctors inject a 6-year-old girl with a deadly disease... and smile. Who knew something called a "serial killer" cell could bring so much unforgettable joy and happiness? -- Ray Flores, Upworthy Isn't it...

I have been holding back on talking about something that has been going on...Well, I noticed a big lump on my right breast and it hurt. So like always, I was quick with my health and made an appointment for a digital mammogram and an ultrasound that...

The other day I read a blog on another website that caught my eye. The blog is titled, “ Is it Homophobia or “Heterophobia”? Tell Them That It’s Human Nature, ” and while it was very well written, I felt the need to respond and wrote the following...

It has been a while since I have written. It’s not because I haven’t wanted to. I think of all my fellow bloggers, and I wish I had more time to share and more time to read your blogs. I am overloaded with school, work responsibilities, doctor’s...

Well, I was told by someone that made a comment on my pic and my personal Facebook profile (which is this one) that although they admired my work and spirit, I shouldn't make HIV so "Fashionista." He went on to tell me that HIV/AIDS is something very...

  Sometimes I wonder, truly wonder...where did the 'Girl in Me' go? Then, things happen as they did last night. Here in my city, Winston-Salem, NC...I'm privileged to be a part of so many things...   AIDS Care Service as a client and volunteer. Green...

I’ll be the first person to admit that I am not a huge fan of Tyler Perry’s projects therefore I had no interest in viewing his newest film Temptation. Less than a week after the movie’s release, a social media storm of criticism surfaced rebuking Mr...

I am the biggest advocator of following your dreams. Try to tell that to someone who was just diagnosed with a life-altering illness. I remember being 21 years old thinking my life was over. I decided to spend all my time doing for others. I remember...

Below is my bilingual Vlog from an ex dissident telling me what happened and I also share some information for those scared of treatment. Video bilingue de un ex disidente que casi muere y algunos consejos mios para aquellas personas que tienen miedo...

The Red Ribbon Dress had two great events last year. Firstly it was invited along to The Sussex Beacon Gala Celebrity Event and appeared in the window of Waterstone's Book Shop in Gower Street, London for World AIDS Day. Both events very different...

I fall...but I will always pick myself up! I may cry...but I wipe my tears and continue loving and caring. I may have been in dark moments where I felt everything was upside down...but I always know there is a light ! ALWAYS!! Nothing lasts forever...

I am a retired RN and 58 years old. I was diagnosed in July 2002 while I was living in a battered women's shelter in Winston-Salem, NC. The person who infected me was my boyfriend of two years. He failed to share that he had been involved with an HIV...