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Are you a women living with HIV who would like to receive a handmade valentine for Valentine's Day? To receive a handmade valentine, please email your name and mailing address to lovepositivewomen@visualaids.org by January 31, 2019. Visual AIDS, Positive Women's...

Apply now for the Point Foundation LGBTQ Scholarship Fund Applications must be submitted by January 28, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. PST. Who is eligible to apply for the scholarship? Point Foundation considers many factors when assessing scholarship applicants, including: A...

I had a situation that happened a few years ago that I don't think I've quite healed from. So, I got invited to speak to a group of girls about my experience living with HIV. I love these types of...

Distance brought upon by ignorance and privilege. I read, I research and yet I find myself surrounded by those I trust. I still cannot get past how much worry and fear entangle in the everyday life of those closest to...

Register today for the 2019 American Conference for the Treatment of HIV. The conference will be from April 11-13, 2019. ACTHIV is a State-of-the-Science Conference for Frontline Health Care Professionals in Scientific Collaboration with Multiple Federal & Independent Agencies. The...

The lights have come out all over town, in the department stores, on the city lampposts, and in homes and yards across the country. How I used to love those lights, along with everything else that made the holidays festive...

Sooo ... While I attended college full time down South, I worked various jobs just trying to scramble enough money to pay my car note and rent. I picked up the skill of being a server pretty early on, so...

Hugging - It’s so simple, it’s free, it just requires you to stretch out your arms and squeeze! I love hugging, I’m a hugger. I love getting hugs, and I love giving hugs. I think the energy shared is powerful...

I am 30 years old from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I was diagnosed at the age of 20 with HIV; undetectable most of the 10 years. To read Ciarra’s Intro in its entirety, click here.

It is funny how one day you wake up and feel like everything has changed. You, the world around you, the people you know; everything. Looking out of the window to the door you once stepped out of feeling free...