I have been HIV positive since 2016, almost five years. When I thought about sharing my story and status publicly, I knew I would eventually attend conferences where I could meet many other amazing women living openly with the condition.
Submitted on : May 11, 2021
I just attended my first CROI (Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections). It was also my first virtual conference and my first conference since the quarantine apocalypse began
Submitted on : Mar 18, 2021
I'm María Natalia Sáenz Agudelo. Seropositive woman, a " veiacheicera ", to use a pretty word that a close friend of mine invented. Woman! Wonderfully woman!
Submitted on : Mar 11, 2021
Today is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD), a very important day for us women living with the human condition of HIV.
Submitted on : Mar 10, 2021
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Submitted on : Feb 25, 2021
Seeing how free people felt about sharing their COVID results but knowing if it were HIV they wouldn't - well DON'T - do the same.
Submitted on : Feb 16, 2021
I dunno. Yay February!?! These short 28 days of Black History! A time when the world tries to act like they actually give a damn about Black people.
Submitted on : Feb 11, 2021
Racism has affected our people in many different ways. 2020 has made it very clear just how much it affects us in the criminal justice system. And the outbreak of this new strand of the coronavirus (COVID-19) has made it blatant how Racism is also a very huge Public Health Issue.
Submitted on : Feb 8, 2021
Today begins with a dance, a delicious duet between my anxious twinges and relatively dark depression. The audience on the edge of their seats... who will take the lead? Will she weep on the ground or work diligently to steady gasping breaths in the corner of the room?
Submitted on : Jan 25, 2021
As we enter into 2021, we are excited to share the Top 10 most viewed blogs from A Girl Like Me blogs in 2020.
Submitted on : Jan 25, 2021
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