For a long time, I thought silence was protecting me. I thought if I didn't say something out loud, maybe it wouldn't feel real.
I educate the world to keep the disease at bay/ But education is lost in the politics of today/ Yet more and more minds I continue to sway/ HIV will never define me...
Joining this blog will allow me to connect with other women living with HIV/AIDS, contribute to an important community, and continue using my voice to encourage, support, and advocate for others.
Rio reminded me that ultimately the HIV response is powered by people from the many local HIV communities who refuse to disappear.
Check out The Well Project's A Girl Like Me LIVE!, an interactive, livestreaming series created to advance health and wellness education among women living with and vulnerable to HIV.
Jyoti Dhawale stands in the long lineage of people who refuse silence. For more than 20 years, she has lived openly with HIV in a society where stigma still tries to shape destiny.
It's really not easy to be transgender, There's little reward and even less splendor, Just social hate and judgement abounds, Where facts and truth and compassion dumbfounds...
At 48 I look back at my life and it's clear that the only reason I'm standing here with my Beeb and NuNu is because Jesus literally has saved me.
Sure I think about HIV, especially as an advocate in this field, but my life encompasses so much more than HIV. All of ours do.
For me, Pride month began with a vibrant show led by Korea's pioneering drag artist, Hurricane Kimchi. Through music and performance, artists reminded us of the importance of being yourself and loving who you are.