by HIVE Online | Aug 30, 2017 | Coping with Trauma, HIVE Blog, Women Living with HIV
How do I get through it all, a man that I thought the world of, a man that took me from the streets and helped me get on my feet with a job, a nice place to live, and practically gave me the world had also given me something that I must deal with for the rest of my life, and now I?m on my way to be Behind Prison Doors?
by HIVE Online | Jul 27, 2017 | Activism/Advocacy, HIVE Blog, New Stories, Women Living with HIV
Through sharing my story, I want to reduce the stigma in our lives and show others that there is truly life after HIV diagnosis. I also want to teach others how to advocate for themselves when it comes to protection, stigma, and healthcare.
by HIVE Online | Jul 18, 2017 | HIVE Blog, Women Living with HIV
I?m in a position in life right now where I’m living poor. At the moment, my lights are off, I have no way to get back and forth to the doctor, I haven?t been on meds since I gave birth to my daughter in march 2016, and it?s hard to find work where I live.
by HIVE Online | Jun 27, 2017 | Heterosexual-identified, HIVE Blog, Women Living with HIV
I became pregnant with my third kid, and who knew, she would be my last. Six months into my pregnancy, I found out I have HIV.
by HIVE Online | Apr 26, 2017 | HIVE Blog, Relationships Dating Disclosure, Safer Conception, Women Living with HIV
I had eventually hit my bottom, where I had to get into treatment. At that time I had a beautiful healthy son. I completed a drug program, got my own place and was in a new relationship. I decided to get tested because my significant other and I wanted a baby. I found out that I was HIV-positive.
by HIVE Online | Mar 10, 2017 | Activism/Advocacy, HIVE Blog, Women Living with HIV, Youth
I want to do the right thing to. I’m only a kid and I can’t vote yet. But I can do other things. I have a mind and a voice. I can use it to help other people, just like I was helped. I want to be treated with respect and to have rights, and I want other people to have them too. We all deserve them.