Welcome to TheBody.com's HIV/AIDS Video Central! This video gallery includes interviews with HIV-positive people, conference coverage and news stories. You can watch the videos, or read our video transcripts when available. To get you started, some of our newest videos are available below, and there are plenty more accessible by topic to the left.
This is TheBody.com's collection of in-depth video interviews with people who are living, and often thriving, with HIV.
Most Recent Video: If you have seen an 18-wheel truck with a huge condom on the side driving through your town, then you may have seen Marco Benjamin. Diagnosed with HIV at 27 while working at an architectural firm, Marco left that job within a year to pursue a life of HIV activism, and hasn't looked back since.
Watch more videos from This Positive Life.
Keeping up with HIV meds often means having to weave daily doses into a busy life. How do other HIVers do it? In each episode of this video series, we'll take a peek into the day-to-day routine of a person who's living with HIV, taking HIV meds, and dealing with situations that get in the way of adherence.
Most Recent Video: "A lot of people think I'm perfect, and I'm far from perfect." You may have seen J'Mia Edwards in the powerful documentary The Other City -- but being an inspiration to others doesn't make anyone immune to adherence challenges. J'Mia -- single mom of three, full-time student and counselor at an HIV organization for Washington, D.C., youth -- talks about how she gets support in her busy life. "I do everything that most everybody does -- probably do it 10 or 20 times better!"
Watch more videos from A Day in the Life.
Since its founding in 2000, The Positive Project has collected more than 100 first-person stories told by people infected or affected by HIV/AIDS. These stories are used to reduce stigma, raise awareness, promote prevention, encourage testing and enhance care.
Most Recent Video: Dee Dee, 39, is a transgender woman from Illinois who's been living with HIV for 10 years. She shares her response to being diagnosed, after being infected by a boyfriend who later died; why it was difficult for her to start medication; her thoughts on disclosure; and offers advice for the transgender community.
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Mark S. King has been an active HIV activist, writer and community organization leader since the early 1980s in Los Angeles. He has been an outspoken advocate for prevention education and for issues important to those living with HIV.
Diagnosed in 1985, Mark has held positions with the Los Angeles Shanti Foundation, AID Atlanta and AIDS Survival Project, and is an award-winning writer. He continues his volunteer work as an HIV educator and speaker for conferences and events.
Most Recent Video: What if you could witness a face-to-face confrontation between a man living with HIV and the sex partner accusing him of not revealing his status? Wouldn't you like to be a fly on that wall? The fireworks could be mighty, as emotions raged between the furious accuser and the positive person trying to defend his actions. What might that meeting look like, exactly?
Watch more videos from My Fabulous Disease.