HIV Self-Care & Mental Health
Checking In
As part of your HIV self-care, take steps to address your mental health
by George M. Johnson
I finally went to see a therapist.
For Black...
Beyond the Blood Ban
It’s been seventeen years since President Clinton first declared June to be Pride Month in the United States, commemorating and highlighting the historical achievements...
The Side Effects
It’s been about four years since I started taking HIV medications and I absolutely hated it. I remember when I first started taking the...
HIV Is a Preexisting Condition
It is a scary time to be living in a world where HIV funding could ever be up for debate. Thirty-six years removed from...
CBO & ASO & HIV Burnout
Community-based organizations and AIDS service organizations have been staples in the fight against HIV for going on thirty-plus years. They were some of the...
Self-Care & My Struggle with Self-Pleasure
My Struggle with Self-Pleasure
Self-care is an act of becoming
by George M. Johnson
Earlier this year I wrote a story disclosing my HIV status to the...
Stigmatizing Sex
While watching an episode of 2 Broke Girls the other day, the topic of sexually transmitted infections came up as the focal point of...
Dear CDC: Let’s End the Epidemic by Addressing Racial Disparities
Dear CDC
Let's end the epidemic by addressing racial disparities
by George M. Johnson
It’s been thirty-plus years of the HIV epidemic and although we are nowhere...
Why I Build Upon AIDS Activism’s Past
The Stone Refused
Why I build upon AIDS activism's past
by George M. Johnson
I was recently watching a video that I was tagged in by a...
The Writing on the Wall
Have you ever been told about how there are usually tons of “red flags” before something bad or adverse happens? That you can see...
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