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Navigating relationships with HIV can be tricky. How do you meet a person? How do you decide when or if you should disclose your HIV status? The biggest question is: Will I be rejected or not? I have met people at school, at church outings, through...

This blog is in commemoration of the recent celebration of the International Day of the Girl Child.

Since I've announced my status to the world my life has literally been an open book. From strangers to associates I haven’t seen or spoken to in years, people asking me questions, personal or just educational, people asking for advice… It was like I...

A mother and daughter should be close. The relationship should be a loving and nurturing one. A mother should be equated with the words safety and trust. These were not my experiences, but despite that I was loved. My mother told me as a young child...

Attention and with urgency! A dear friend and brother of mine that I won't mention told me this racist, horrific incident in South Beach today in the post office!!!!! A white woman with blonde hair and green eyes, "very elegant" walked in the post...

I attended our nation's first National Trans Visibility March for our community; our TGNC youth are looking for inspiration and role models.

It's hard to explain how my feelings are towards having HIV. I try not to think about it in a negative way and yes, plenty of people say it's not a death sentence like people try to make it seem. But people also have to understand it is a life...

I was born into trauma and trauma has followed me throughout my life.

"What's changed?" is a question I've asked myself at least once every day since the diagnosis. What has changed about me? My answer is always the same: I'm the same ole Destiny. But in all reality, I am not the same woman from December of 2017. I am...

Living with HIV for the past 12 years has been full of ups and downs.

I am an African American woman living with HIV. I have been living with HIV since 1993 and diagnosed in January 1994.

I'm determined not to let HIV depression get me down. I'm determined not to let HIV exhaustion get me down. I'm determined not to let HIV stigma make me bitter and closed off. The anxiety of disclosure will not make me feel small and dirty. It must...

Princess Diana once said. "HIV does not make people dangerous to know. You can shake their hands and give them a hug. Heaven knows they need it." When people hear "HIV" they automatically think of AIDS, but they need to understand that they are two...

I remember the first 10 minutes after I hit upload from my phone to tell the whole world of YouTube that I had been living with HIV. I was so nervous, happy, scared and free. I know - a lot of emotions at once. I had been battling about the timing...

Some think HIV is just a chronic manageable disease with a one-pill-a-day solution. Well it's not like that for all of us, especially long term survivors aging with HIV. I cannot do the one-pill-a-day regimen due to resistance. HIV treatment works...