When I think about what it means to live with HIV, "glamorous" is not the first word that pops up in my head. I can think of a few others, but glamour ain't it. Those types of words are reserved for the shining lights of Hollywood, a place often fanaticized by others. Or for the celebrities that all the young girls and boys look up to. At least some glitter and diamonds. But HIV don't be giving all of that. side-eye
So it was such a peculiar space for me as I sat in the front row of the Daytime Emmy Awards earlier this summer next to Masonia Traylor and Krista Martel of The Well Project, Sybil Miller of SisterLove, and producers Sheryl Lee Ralph and Zeb Newman – all of us holding our breath to see if our documentary, Unexpected, would be announced as a winner in either of the two categories that we were nominated for. At the end, we did not come home with a statue but the experience, alone, was enough for me. I couldn't believe that we were there in the first place, an Emmy win would have probably flat-lined me. Continue reading...
