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Learn about the groundbreaking GRACE study of HIV+ women and how it successfully enrolled large numbers of women of color in a clinical trial.

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...

I talk often about finding the silver lining in the dark times in our lives... ... yet, I am fully aware of how difficult this can be at times.

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.

In honor of National Women and Girls' HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, we presented Women, Gender, and Sexuality: Identity, Attraction, Connection, and Community.

In my capacity as a nurse at the clinic I work in, I have occasion to teach nursing students nearing graduation from school.

Growing up Poz and trying to follow American Society’s guidelines for dating and hooking up has been extremely difficult. The guidelines that we follow as a society in regards to dating and having sex weren’t created for people with HIV in mind. They...

Cali Sunshine greetings! I generally go by Red and am just your slightly above average Cali girl. I love the beach, I skate and I make jewelry. Nursing chose me as a second career and I have been doing it for a little over four years. I'm also HIV...

Porchia Dees was born HIV positive in 1986 in San Bernardino, CA. At the time there were no HIV medical specialists in her area so she had to be transferred all the way to Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, where she received pediatric HIV medical...

Once upon a time, I thought and felt crazy to use the word "coming out of the closet.” Yes, I did all I could do to come out of shame, lies, agony, despair, and beat stigma caused by living with HIV for many years. In actual fact I felt cured way...

Blogging is something I've considered doing for a while however I didn't think it'd be this difficult. My name is Masonia, meaning "She Leads". However, somewhere along the way I got lost I think, maybe I was confused and got stuck or maybe I just...

I feel my most safest when I'm in an airplane amongst the clouds In the sand at the foot of an ocean or near flowing water With my boyfriend With my children Sometimes with my mom I feel safe when I dance I feel safe when I read books I feel safe...

There are things that people may not recognize about me because they've just started getting to know me in the last 8 years

Learn the most common myths – and realities – about HIV: treatment, tests, transmission, and more.