Hosted on MSN

Black women’s HIV stories have long been undertold. This magazine hopes to change that.

There was a time in the ’90s when it was pretty commonplace to hear a mention of HIV or AIDS in regular, everyday conversations. It wasn’t out of the ordinary for the subjects to come up in pop ...
LGBTQ Nation

The stories of Black queer people with HIV cannot be told in statistics

HIV has never been just a statistic for me. It has never been a distant concern or a nameless condition existing in the abstract like it is for so many. It has never been something that merely existed ...
Hosted on MSN

This Theater Experience Set In A Salon Tells Black Women’s HIV Stories

It’s a Sunday night at DreamGirls Hair Salon in Culver City, but something’s different. The usual hum of blow dryers and laughter is gone. In its place? Still Here, an immersive exhibit and live ...
Bay Area Reporter

SF Video Archive Puts Focus on Long-Term HIV Survivors

An online video platform that will feature more than 1,000 stories from people living with HIV/AIDS held its launch event in San Francisco. Coinciding with National HIV/AIDS Long-Term Survivors ...
The Connecticut Mirror

HIV – A story that still needs a voice

While decades have passed since HIV/AIDS was the top story on every news broadcast and was quite misunderstood by many, even in the medical community, it still remains a major health issue to this day ...
Yahoo

She's been living with HIV for nearly 30 years. She still wants more education, awareness for women

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nell Watts said that at the time of her diagnosis in 1997, she had HIV and AIDS. She didn't know how long she'd had the virus, but ...
The Washington Times

GLAAD report finds most Americans see no HIV stories in media

GLAAD’s sixth annual State of HIV Stigma Report, released Thursday in partnership with Gilead Sciences, found that most Americans have gone a full year without encountering a single story about ...
Healthline

Learning to Thrive: One Nurse’s Journey with HIV

Bridgette Picou, a licensed vocational nurse (LVN), shares her journey with HIV — from diagnosis and treatment to caring and supporting others with the condition. Editor’s note: This story has been ...
paho.org

Eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Brazil by caring

In the small room of the HIV treatment unit, known as Specialized Care Units in Brazil’s public health system, Isabella (28) runs her hand over her pregnant belly of 38 weeks. She smiles as she talks ...
Yahoo

Black Women’s HIV Stories Have Long Been Undertold. This Magazine Hopes To Change That.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Public conversations around HIV and AIDS have faded since the peak of the epidemic in the 1980s and '90s. However, Still Here, a ...
Bay Area Reporter

Video archive puts focus on long-term HIV survivors

An online video platform that will feature more than 1,000 stories from people living with HIV/AIDS held its launch event in San Francisco. Coinciding with National HIV/AIDS Long-Term Survivors ...