Sonya posted a new blog, Hiding Behind the "Good Book"..., on A Girl Like Me's Voices from our Allies: Why is it so hard to understand that getting infected with HIV/AIDS is possible and can happen to you? Just because you saved and sanctified and running for your God doesn't exclude you….yes, you! You can remember when: - You were sneaking and not listening to anybody, but only to the one who made you feel like you never felt before. - You were so in love with the notion of being in love, you only wanted to be with them 24/7 and simply make love. - The reality of being safe and being careful...
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If you are in the Raleigh-Durham area or have access to a computer between 5 pm - 8 pm EST, please plan to visit the MFA|EDA thesis exhibition/photography exhibit, Please Call Me By My True Names by Caitlin Margaret Kelly. Several A Girl Like Me bloggers' portraits will be featured in the exhibit and some will be in attendance! To join the live feed from the reception of the MFA|EDA thesis exhibition of Please Call Me By My True Names, please go to: http://www.justin.tv/cmkphotographer during 5 pm - 8 pm EST or attend the reception at Fredric Jameson Gallery, Duke University, Durham, North...
Sonya posted a new blog, Why the Wait? on A Girl Like Me’s Voices from our Allies: I am so upset about the fact that my friend tested positive 2 months ago, and to date has not seen a doctor! Not to mention the health department leaving a note on their door stating it was urgent to please call a number…. It seems to me that all of this energy and encouragement to get people tested, we are somehow dropping the ball on the next step. How could this happen? Tell me why this is happening here in Florida and no one seems to be alarmed. Once you get tested and find out you are positive, that in...
Please join us on Monday, March 10, 2014 at 10:00 am ET for the webinar, " The Well Project: An Online Global Community of Support and Information for Women Living with HIV" on National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day! Pre-register now! You spoke, we listened! Over the past several years, we have asked our users how we can improve The Well Project. On our new website, you will find many of the suggestions you have made, come to life. In addition to accessing accurate and easy-to-understand information about women and HIV, find out how you or your organization can utilize the tools of...
Sonya posted a new blog, Hello HIV! on A Girl Like Me’s Voices from our Allies: So we meet again. I don't know if you remember me; I'm one of those people trying to fight you. I'm the one who tells your secrets, busts your myths, and makes all attempts at stopping you from spreading to another by teaching people all about you. I'm the one who tests at-risk youth, secretaries, deacons, and seniors, folks in the pretty house and manicured grass, drug addicts, prostitutes, preachers, teachers, lawyers, and all walks of life to go and get tested in order to know their status and catch you early...
World AIDS Day is not only a day to remember those who have lost their lives or who are surviving with HIV, it is a day to honor all the courageous people who have dedicated their careers and their lives to fighting HIV. It is a day to celebrate those individuals, groups, and agencies who are always working hard to find new ways to improve the lives of people living with HIV. This is a day to applaud our triumphs and thank all those who have helped us along the way. THANK YOU! - Vicki Lynn, USA The state of the epidemic has changed drastically in South Africa, from AIDS being perceived as a...
Sonya posted a new blog, " Using HIV Tests as Prevention?" on A Girl Like Me's Voices from our Allies: Why am I getting myself all worked up, because you don’t want to listen or take advice? Sometimes it really feels like I am talking until I turn blue in my face, and we all know that is something that cannot happen literally. However, I am finding that many are simply taking the HIV test as an afterthought, almost like almost like some people use pregnancy tests as a method of contraception. Praying at the time that the test doesn’t come back positive and then going right back out there since...
Tiffany posted a new blog, Good people..., on A Girl Like Me’s “Voices from our Allies” page: When good people do nothing and nothing blocks anything. And nothing blocks everything. My sister friends get infected. My people die. When good people, protect good people who do nothing and nothing blocks anything. And nothing blocks everything. My sister friends get infected. My people die. When good people weigh politics, position, and paychecks over purpose. And blocks anything, everything. My sister friends get infected. My people die. Can you imagine when… ….. good people just start doing good...
Sonya posted a new blog Remember One Thing... on A Girl Like Me’s “Voices from our Allies” page: What’s new, you asked? I know it’s been a minute, but I need you to understand that I’ve been on the grind for HIV/AIDS Awareness hardcore still the same. Simply because so much is going on, but yet so much is still remaining the same. A different name, another relationship, and yet the same old same old “stuff” that so many of us have to deal with. HIV/AIDS is spreading like fungus in our communities. So, a new person came into a small town with their good looks, swag ways, and charming words and...
Editor's Note: In 2012, The Well Project was thrilled to help sponsor Caitlin Margaret Kelly's international photography project (then titled, "I am...Women Living with HIV") to be on display at the International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC. We saw many parallels between the goals of Caitlin's project and those of A Girl Like Me--to give women living with HIV the platform to tell their story and to decrease stigma by showing that living with HIV is just one layer in the complex lives of women and girls. During this collaboration, Caitlin photographed several A Girl Like Me bloggers, both...