My Community

Hi all, as an aging member of our community I have seen and dealt with a lot of issues. Yesterday during a group conference call regarding health and aging with HIV, I learned that a drug I took for my...

[[{"fid":"4860","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"4":{"format":"default"},"5":{"format":"default"}},"attributes":{"style":"height: 84px; width: 150px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px; float: left;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"5"}}]]June 25, 2021 7:00pm EST via ICWNA In celebration of #NationalHIVTestingAwarenessDay2021 and the graduation of the first family of Vanessa Johnson/ICWNA/ICW Caribbean's virtual adaptation of "Common Threads"-"Healing Together", we are hosting a virtual party that includes plethora of feel-good events sure to help you unwind!

Hey all, I just realised that I have been looking for answers in all the wrong places. Making my life harder by not accepting what is, wishing for something else. But now I have come to some kind of sense...

[[{"fid":"4845","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"default"},"2":{"format":"default"}},"attributes":{"style":"height: 84px; width: 150px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px; float: left;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"2"}}]]Friday, June 11, 2021 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST via Office on Women's Health The Office on Women's Health is pleased to offer the following upcoming webinar in the ongoing COVID-19 Vaccines and Women series.

A diagnosis of HIV can be devastating; and it brings with it a mix of thoughts and emotions that turn the mind and the heart inside out. Yet in light of one's diagnosis, the human desire to be cherished, loved...

When you are first diagnosed, it feels like you have been given a life sentence. You feel isolated and alone. You are left within the whirlwind of your thoughts and emotions. It is a mental and emotional roller coaster of...

It's hard to believe that we're coming up on the 40th anniversary of the first reports of what would come to be known as HIV. My personal journey with HIV began in 1994 when my sister, Ellen, was diagnosed with...

I've had this virus nearly 11 years now and not long after diagnosis, I made it public. I'm sure a lot of those reading can relate and understand my frustration. People can make the time to make ignorant based comments...

In May 2014 I finally told my secret; I published a note called "The Hidden Truth" on facebook to inform everyone about my HIV. I had been thinking about coming out of the closet for many years and that day...

There is a moment of clarity in some things. It's a crystal clear picture. You can can see yourself as if you were in portrait mode. It's like that moment you put a quarter in an arcade pinball machine. You're...