A Girl Like Me (AGLM), a program of The Well Project, is a blog where women ( cis and trans The Well Project serves women across the gender spectrum. (More about gender identity)) can share their experiences and promote understanding of HIV. Millions of women around the globe are living with HIV, yet many feel they are alone in their disease and isolated in their day-to-day experiences. The goals of AGLM are to help normalize HIV; and to create a safe space for women living with HIV from around the world to speak out and share their experiences – with each other, and with those seeking a support community.

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Ageing positively

As a woman and mother living with HIV how do I see ageing?

A lot of people are afraid of ageing, yet for me it is a very exciting journey and I am actually looking forward to getting older! So, let me share with you why I see ageing in...

9 By 49

This month marks my 9th year of living with HIV. Wow. Wait, this month marks my 9th year of living with HIV? I had to write it again because who would ever have thought I'd be here? The wild part is it took until two days ago for me to...

Hey sisters, just wanted to...

Hey sisters, just wanted to blog some encouragement.

We are not what we have nor or we the STIGMA BEHIND HIV!! We are beautiful, amazing, talented, fierce, bold unapologetic woman who lives matter. Know that you diagnosis doesn't control you, you control your diagnosis. Live your life unapologetic why? because you have just as much right to be who you are just like negative people!!

33 years Oh damn! So I was...

33 years
Oh damn! So I was diagnosed in 1988 of this month. I still am mind blown. So this whole month am in a happy place .Not that am not every other day but this month is very special to me. At 18 I was trying to get my life together and then got the shock of my life to get my affairs in order and wait to...

Polishing My Crown

I've kinda been in weird place mentally and emotionally. I'm sure a lot of it has to do with my physical health, but that's a story for another day.

You'd think by now some of the negative responses towards my status wouldn't get to me, but maybe it's because my...

I pray that your encouraged...

I pray that your encouraged on today. Always remember your value no matter what your dx is you are still valuble.

Im putting on a play Dec. 11,2021 at The Ritz theater in Jacksonville, Fl. to bring awarness and educate the uneducated about HIV. I WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND REMOVE THE STIGMA OF HIV SO THAT PEOPLE WHO HAS HIV AS A DX. CAN LIVE FREELY WITH...

5 Minutes in My Head

Love yourself.

Lean on your truth. Aspire to be your best and then some. I know not why it's such a struggle.

I accept it will happen. I am not afraid to die. I am actually afraid more of the world; the stigma, the nasty people, the way life just...

Memorable summer of 2021

Whilst we are nearing the end of a rainy summer, I would like to reflect on my summer time. It was actually very enjoyable no matter how I look at it! It started excellent by hearing news from my diabetes doctor that I was allowed to stop 3 more pills...

ALSO REMEMBER WE DIDN'T ASK...

ALSO REMEMBER WE DIDN'T ASK TO BE HERE.. HOWEVER EVEN THOUGH WE ARE AT THIS PLACE WE WILL NOT ALLOW HIV TO BREAK US.. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US AND NEGATIVE PEOPLE ARE WE JUST GOT CAUGHT. IM PRETTY SURE THEY DID THE SAMETHING WE DID TO GET HERE SO.. DONT BE SAD AT WHAT HAPPEN TO U TAKE IT AND STRIVE WITH IT!! I ENCOURAGE TO STRIVE AND...

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Sometimes It Sucks

Heather O'Connor.I got caught up in believing I didn't deserve respect because of my past and dark parts of my identity that I tuck away and try to forget about until it's all I remember. But now I'm learning that self-acceptance is a vital part in determining who you share...

That's How It Goes!

Lotus flowers in a pond.When I was about 4 or 5 years old, some nights I used to be awakened by a mysterious swaying of the curtains in my room. Immediately, I would start seeing shapes that scared me a lot: deformed faces, threatening animals. My fear was such that...

My SuperPower Rocks!

A Girl Like Me blogger, Positive Sunbeam.I wanted to send him the link to "Being Positive:Ted Talk." I had the impulse to reach out to an ex-boyfriend after a 7-month breakup. I wanted to share feelings I wasn't able to articulate yet had experienced. Feelings of HIV stigma that I...

Taking It All in From Home: My Virtual Experience at the International Workshop on HIV and Women 2023

Katie Willingham.I attended the International Workshop on HIV and Women 2023 virtually on February 17-18. I love attending conferences in person, there's nothing like the experience and energy of those in-person meetings, but virtual conferences have their pros as well, like attending the conference in your pajamas, which I did...

Headed to Seattle

Kim Canady at the International Workshop on HIV & Women.It is always a weird feeling when presenting at a conference or workshop. On one hand, I'm excited because of the opportunity to be among people who are passionate like me; and on the other hand, I have that good ole...

PrEP diversity

Eliane (HIVstigmafighter) in a PrEP shirt.My lovely people, today I want to share my opinion on PrEP (Pre Exposure Prophylaxis). I know that PrEP is a pill that prevents a person from getting HIV infection. PrEP is scientifically proven to be effective for women.

How are we doing in the...

Intro - Nina (OneKidneyNina)

Nina Martinez.Nina Martinez, running-to-40, has been living with HIV since she was six weeks old. After pursuing graduate studies in epidemiology at Emory University, she served as a public health analyst at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nina was an active clinical research volunteer at the National Institutes...

Intro - Whitney (whiittybitty)

Whitney Stott.Hi! My name's Whitney Stott. I'm a recovering addict and trauma survivor from Richmond, VA. After I got my HIV diagnosis in 2021, I spiraled further into the grips of addiction. The deep inward hatred towards myself and the low self-worth I felt was the perfect environment for my...

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