An HIV Fighter Tells Her Personal Story
Hi. My name is Terri Wilder. I am a person ... a weird, opinionated, compassionate person who has worked in HIV for 18 years. I didn't start out in the field because I was personally affected. That...
View ArticleHow We Talk About HIV
Have you ever thought about how we come to believe what we believe or why some people think what they think? Read more ...
View ArticleRemembering a Great HIV Advocate
It has been well over a year since my friend Dan Dunable died. We think he died on October 4th ... but we are really not sure ... we don't know, we are guessing. What we do know is that he was dead...
View ArticleCoping With a Friend's Diagnosis -- and a Race-Blind Virus
March 10th was National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Out of curiosity, I went to the awareness day website to see what events were going on -- what posters they had available, fact sheets,...
View ArticleWhere is the Martin Luther King, Jr. of HIV?
World AIDS Day has come and gone. The theme for World AIDS Day 2007 was "leadership." The commentary on the World AIDS Day webpage noted that this theme can be "as flexible as possible to accommodate a...
View ArticleStanding My Ground With Latex
Dating sucks. I hate it and wish I didn't have to participate in it. I realize that no one is forcing me to date, but does it have to be so complicated? Can't we just go out, like each other, find each...
View ArticleThe Death of an AIDS Organization
My heart is breaking. It is not breaking over a guy rejecting me or not paying attention to me, but from the end of something amazing. I just found out that the HIV/AIDS organization I used to work for...
View ArticleThoughts About Women and Oral Sex After Visiting the NYC Sex Museum
I was on my spring break and felt like I should do something "wild" since historically, spring break is the week that college students are supposed to "let loose." Since I am a 41-year-old student and...
View ArticleEight Characteristics of Long-Term Survivors of HIV
Hey everybody. At the beginning of June I volunteered for THRIVE! -- a one-day educational and empowerment workshop in Atlanta for people living with HIV. I love doing this workshop and think that it...
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