Manage your mental health while living with HIV May is Mental Health Awareness Month! Mental health, like HIV, has a stigma around it which can discourage people from seeking care. However, people living with HIV are twice as likely to deal with depression and anxiety...
Why do I need to test for HIV? If you’re sexually active, regular STI testing should be a part of your sexual health. HIV stigma frames HIV testing as shameful but getting tested and encouraging your loved ones to do the same reduces the negative framing around HIV...
National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day – April 10 As we celebrate National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on April 10, it’s important to discuss this generation’s experience with HIV. Today’s youth aged 12-24 is the first generation who have never known a world without...
Tim’m West – Educator, community builder and lifelong HIV advocate “When I tested positive at 26, I didn’t imagine 50. So, turning 50 was a spiritual moment for me. I realized I still have a lot of my life I get to plan.” As the current Executive Director of the...
6 tips to finding a healthcare provider Often excluded or wrongly identified in HIV research, we want to set the stage for transgender women to break down barriers to their HIV care. One in seven transgender women live with HIV, so if you’re positive or know someone...
Five steps for safer sex while HIV+ If you’re HIV positive, you can still have safe sex – it just takes a few precautions. Reduce the risk of transmitting HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) by following these tips below: Open up before getting down....
