battling stigma

So I was talking to an acquaintance about the dating pool, age (ugh), deal breakers and dating overall.

A few months ago, I lost a really close friend, or at least a person who I thought was my friend. All behind a conversation this person was having in front of me with one of their other friends in regards to HIV and STIs.

I recently came across this news for an upcoming book launch: It has been over 30 years since the onset of the global AIDS epidemic and advances in biomedical research have led to the discovery of...

Growing up in the hood in South West Atlanta was one of the hard things for me, especially being HIV-positive.

I have been undetectable of the illness since 2006; except for the stigma and unkind people that leave evident scars on my mental health.

What do you know about the truth? Seriously, I'm asking. What's true for you? How do you define truth?

Blossoming! Every day I'm learning and growing. Although my mind is in PANIC MODE, my heart desires to help others grow! My life isn't peaches and cream but with my love and kindness, I can be sweet...

A friend of mine was reading my last blog and he said that I should elaborate... I spoke about never really being able to experience sexual freedom...

In one way or another in various tones from forced to cheer to seriousness, at four out of five of my initial appointments after learning that I had HIV, someone made it a point to tell me that I wasn't going to die.

My name is Nakeisa Jackson and I am 30 years old. At age 19, I was diagnosed with HIV.