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Movers and Shakers, Profiles in Courage

Movers and Shakers

To measure a person's heartbeat, you take their pulse. To take the pulse of a community, you ask its leaders the hard questions. That's just what The Body did with a host of movers and shakers, including people like Rev. Jimmy Myers.

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Profiles in Courage

Move over, Oprah, Colin and Condi: Here come more than a dozen of the most inspiring HIV-positive African Americans you'll ever meet. From Lois Crenshaw (left) in Minneapolis to Terry Johnson in Alabama, you'll meet men and women who are committed to making a difference.

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How Is HIV Different in African Americans?

Expert medical opinions on HIV differences in African Americans

People say that HIV is color blind -- and they're right. But let's not kid ourselves: HIV may be the same virus even if you're African American, but having it doesn't always mean the same thing. How is the HIV epidemic different if you're black than if you're white? Why do blacks seem to get HIV more, get sicker more quickly, and get access to HIV treatment later than other ethnic groups in the United States? The answers are varied and interesting. The Body brought together a distinguished panel of HIV specialists who not only treat many African Americans with HIV, but who also conduct research and are advocates for their patients. Read on to find out what these specialists had to say. Read More

Frontlines USA
Audria RussellEmpowering Homeless Girls to Avoid HIV
When we finally turn the tide against HIV among African Americans, it'll be thanks to people like Audria Russell. She's the HIV program coordinator at the nonprofit organization Women in Need in New York City. She's in charge of a support group that educates and empowers girls between the ages of 10 and 13. Read More

What Is the Craziest Myth You've Ever Heard?

Special Reports

HIV and Me: An African American's Guide to Living With HIVHIV and Me: An African American's Guide to Living With HIV
This easy-to-read guide from The Body provides the basics of living with HIV and taking HIV meds. Click here to browse this booklet.

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Ingrid Floyd

Ingrid Floyd
Iris House
New York City

One that we hear often from a lot of the teens that we work with that is always kind of baffling to us is that you can't get HIV through oral or anal sex.

It's because in their mind they relate it to getting pregnant. Read More


What's Your Opinion?

What is the primary reason that having HIV is so stigmatized in the African-American community?
association with sex
association with drug use
having any sexually transmitted disease is stigmatized
homophobia
it implies you failed to protect yourself
none of these

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