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  As Race and Privilege Take Center Stage in HIV Community, a Call for Listening and Allyship A recent academy on HIV criminalization centered the voices and demands of people with HIV. But, as a microcosm of the diverse HIV community, it also challenged participants to practice the art of listening.  Patrice Curry on Losing Her Mother to AIDS "I just hope to be able to use my story to help the next little girl or boy who is suffering silently the way I was," said Basketball Wives star Patrice Curry, "or help another young adult who has to raise their little brother or sister because their parent passed away from this disease."  Magic Johnson Wants You to Know He Isn't Cured of HIV, He's Just Taking His Meds Magic Johnson took to the radio to set the story straight and put to bed years worth of rumors regarding his HIV status and the reason why he's in such good health.  Views on the Trial and Conviction of Michael Johnson, a Black Life That Matters We offer four perspectives on what the HIV criminalization case of Missouri college student Michael Johnson has taught us about social and political power, and about ourselves. 
 
The Role of Housing and the Black Church in HIV in America
Moralism, Plentiful in HIV Prevention, Is the Fuel of Stigma Facts and Feelings as Michael Johnson Serves 30-Year HIV Criminalization Sentence #TeamJessica Walks Toward Hope and Away From Stigma Black PLWHA Face Higher Rates of Incarceration, Longer Sentences |
We have been bombarded with images and media attention blaming the "down-low brotha" -- the closeted gay man who sleeps with both men and women -- for the AIDS epidemic in black America. But these HIV/AIDS advocates from across the U.S. know what's really to blame.   Waheedah Shabazz-El Finds Spiritual Freedom as a Muslim Woman With HIV "This is spiritual work, and I feel as if I am spiritually guided," explains Shabazz-El of the U.S. Positive Women's Network (PWN). "My story is one where God has purposely placed people in my life." Read more first-person stories 
 HIV & Me: An African American's Guide to Living With HIV This easy-to-read guide from TheBody.com provides the basics of living with HIV and taking HIV meds. |
