battling stigma

This has just been running through my mind for a while now. When I tested positive for the HIV virus, I immediately felt that it was the worst that could happen to me! So, I started preparing my seven...

I love being a woman! At this age and with all I've lived and learned, I love being a woman more and more!

Amo ser mujer! A esta edad y con todo lo vivido y aprendido amo cada vez más, ser mujer!

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.

Hoy es el Día Nacional de Concientización sobre el VIH/SIDA en las Mujeres y Niñas (NWGHAAD, en inglés), un día muy importante para nosotras, las mujeres viviendo con la condición humana del VIH.

The hardest war ever fought is against self. That's all in the book. If it wasn't for AIDS, where would I be?

Dear Advocate, 2021, so far, has been a year of focusing on me and choosing me above all else. Too often I have dimmed my light and emptied my cup for the needs of others.

resilient: (of a substance or object) able to recoil or spring back into shape after bending, stretching or being compressed.

Given that we are in February, which is not only Black History month but also the month of LOVE, I felt compelled to share this message with y'all.

According to the CDC, in 2018, Black/African American people accounted for 13% of the US population but 42% (16,002) of the 37,968 new HIV diagnoses in the United States and dependent areas.