Hernando Umana Wants Every HIV+ Person To Know That Life Doesn’t End At A Diagnosis “ “The first words out of my mouth were: ‘How long do I have to live?’ That’s how uneducated I was.” Hernando Umana had been seeing tremendous personal and professional success since he was a child.
Asia Sullivan Specializes In HIV+ Healthcare, And Wants To Change The Way You Think About Being Poz “ After growing up in the Deep South, Asia Sullivan found her calling in healthcare, specifically for the LGBTQ+ community, and those with HIV.
Jahlove Serrano Is An HIV+ Educator Whose Grassroots Activism Is Destroying The Shame Of Being Poz “ When Jahlove Serrano was 16-years-old, he lost his virginity, and gained a diagnosis. Growing up in New York, Serrano said that condoms were “never a thought” when it came to safe sex practices.
How Dimitri Joseph Moïse Turned An HIV+ Diagnosis Into His Life’s Purpose To Advocate And Raise Awareness “ “Are you gonna tell him, or should I?” Those were the words Dimitri Joseph Moïse heard outside a room in his doctor’s office, where he sat waiting to hear whether or not his HIV test was positive.
How Queen’s Freddie Mercury Changed The Face Of Rock Music And AIDS Forever “ Mercury made waves in the music industry as Queen’s frontman by embracing femininity and dispelling any and all preconceived notions about rock music, such as hyper-masculinity.
It’s Hard To Move On When I Didn’t Get A Chance To Say Goodbye “ There are days I’ll go back to his Facebook page and the angel wings photo that hasn’t changed. But then there are days when his page will come to me. I swallow the rock in my throat.
An Honest Account Of When My Best Friend Took Me To Get Tested “ I heard her breathe in and exhale and watched as she slowly shook her head. “Number of partners?” I stared at her deep side part, the gray of her roots visible. She looked up from the paper. “Number of partners?”
I Convinced Myself That I Was HIV-Positive “ With trembling hands, I went to the local community health clinic after work one day, sweating bullets. What if I was HIV positive? Could it really happen to me?