My Community

Yesterday I posted to my Facebook page… "People try to shame me for living with HIV, FUCK I’M NOT THE ONE SPREADING IT. I am safer than all the other men and women you are with. Test, ladies, because the...

I grieve publicly because I am too old to do it alone. Then again It could be just me… Sometimes, just sometimes when I despise being able to hear, see and feel, when I am unable to disable my senses...

Attending the IAS Durban and Women Now! Summit, 2016 has been quite informative for me, and as an advocate and Global Ambassador of the Well Project, again it was overly enriching and has better equipped me to give excellent service...

Identity and self-expression… No one should have to defend their identity... Do you wake up with a positive attitude? Perhaps not like I do. I wake up wondering how others see and perceive my identity. I wonder whether others see...

As I continue to learn myself, I continue to grow as an individual thus becoming more available as an advocate for HIV. I was picking and choosing the people I would be honest with and whom I would speak to...

My Name Is Sophie Jayawardene and this is my story. It could have been a normal day where I do normal chores. In actual fact it was a normal day despite a call I got from my GP in early...

Today I want to write to those not living with HIV. I want you to know that we exist, that our diagnosis does not define us. We have the same dreams, the same desires, but for some reason our life...

It's great to be here. I been thinking there is so much to share. Instead today I want to share what I have been chasing. And what I have been chasing is we all have the tools in us all...

Una muy Real Conversación con mi Madre y mi tía sobre el VIH y como ellas tomaron la noticia en aquellos tiempos el Estigma y lo que era mi sentencia de muerte en esa época… Para ver el video blog...

A very Real Conversation with my mother and aunt about HIV and how they dealt with my disclosure, stigma and the death sentence HIV was in those times… To watch Maria's video blog, click here.