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This blog is in commemoration of the recent celebration of the International Day of the Girl Child. ** Image used for illustrative purposes only and not meant to be a depiction of nor representative of anyone mentioned or described in...

via Treatment Action Group (TAG) About ACT NOW: END AIDS ACT NOW: END AIDS (ANEA) is a national coalition of community-based organizations, health departments, and national organizations committed to ending AIDS as an epidemic in the United States. The coalition...

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...

Saturday, October 5, 2019 6:00 - 9:00pm Fowler Museum 308 Charles E Young Drive North Los Angeles, CA 90024 via Fowler Museum at UCLA A Girl Like Me blogger Porchia Dees featured in the opening night celebration of "Through Positive...

October 3, 2019 2:00pm EDT via Latino Commission on AIDS U=U is a growing international movement to share the fact that people living with HIV on treatment with an undetectable viral load cannot transmit HIV to sexual partners. U=U is...

via Open Society Foundations The Soros Justice Fellowships fund outstanding individuals to undertake projects that advance reform, spur debate, and catalyze change on a range of issues facing the U.S. criminal justice system. The fellowships are part of a larger...

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...

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"...

I attended our nation's first National Trans Visibility March for our community; our TGNC youth are looking for inspiration and role models. Those living in conservative rural areas, where they feel there's no one like them in the world. I...

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...