Activist Profiles/Personal Accounts
Northern Lights (Regularly Updated)
A blog by Bob Leahy
From TheBody.com
Is the Ribbon Enough? (Regularly Updated)
A blog by Rev. Andrena Ingram.
From TheBody.com
This Positive Life: Cecilia Chung on Violence, Gender, Prisons, Family and Healing (May 16, 2013)
In This Positive Life, from TheBody.com
Meet Bob Bowers: A Blog Entry by Aless Piper (April 26, 2013)
"My friend Bob Bowers ... [was] one of the first 14,000 Americans diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. ... and he is also an HIV/AIDS educator. Did I mention he writes in pirate? His love for life, truly, is unsurpassed."
From TheBody.com
This Positive Life: Newly Living With HIV, Josh Robbins Is "Still Josh" -- and Still an Advocate (March 25, 2013)
In This Positive Life, from TheBody.com
This Positive Life: Nicole on Advocacy, Dancing and Making the Most of Life (March 20, 2013)
In This Positive Life, from TheBody.com
HIV in the Classroom: HIV Education From the Dark 1980s to the Digital Masses (February 26, 2013)
Kimberley Hagen, Ed.D., talks about massive open online courses in HIV/AIDS.
From TheBody.com
HIV in the Classroom: Teaching in Response to the Terror of HIV's Early Years (February 26, 2013)
Kimberley Hagen, Ed.D., shares stories from a long career in HIV education.
From TheBody.com
This Positive Life: Tim'm West Dispels Stigma and Shame Around Being Black and Bisexual (February 21, 2013)
From TheBody.com
Remembering NAPWA: Ending the Epidemic (February 19, 2013)
From National Minority AIDS Council
- "When ACT UP Is Remembered, Other Places, People and Forms of AIDS Activism Are Disremembered" (February 17, 2013)
Part two of an interview with Queer Archive activist Alexandra Juhasz.
From Visual AIDS
- Profile: Claudia Medina Speaks About HIV, Sexuality and Supporting PHAs (Winter 2013)
Claudia Medina's teen and adult years threw her more than a few curve balls, taking her life in a direction she could not have foreseen. Today Claudia educates and supports fellow Latinos and HIV-positive women in prison.
To read PDF, click here.
In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
"I Made My Mourning Productive, Collective and Interactive Through Video Production" (February 5, 2013)
An interview with Queer Archive activist Alexandra Juhasz.
From Visual AIDS
On a Trip to Memphis: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and My Activism -- A Video Blog Entry by Aaron Laxton (January 29, 2013)
"As an activist and advocate it is always good to take time and re-dedicate yourself to change."
From TheBody.com
- Mondo's Mission: The Intersection of Truth, Design, and Advocacy (January/February 2013)
To read PDF, click here.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Fox 5 News World AIDS Day 2012 Interview: A Video Blog Entry by Justin B. Terry-Smith (December 24, 2012)
"I will always hold a candle for them, I will always run the AIDS Walk/5k Run, and I will always remember."
From TheBody.com
A Day in the Life Video Series: Robert Breining on Getting Support Online and Off (December 13, 2012)
Cyber-activist Robert is used to connecting with community online. After having a rare allergic reaction to his first regimen, Robert was hesitant to start HIV meds again -- so he took to TheBody.com and POZ I AM, the social network he created, for information and support. Robert speaks on life, love, disclosure and finding a regimen that's nearly side effect-free.
From TheBody.com
This Positive Life: A Trailblazer Still Marches Forward (December 12, 2012)
Gil Kudrin has marched with ACT UP, helped found Nightsweats & T-Cells (which employs HIV-positive people and gives them work skills and experience) and has raised two young, homeless boys as his own sons.
From TheBody.com
Kari Farmer-Coffman: Motherhood and HIV -- A Blog Entry by Robert Breining (December 7, 2012)
"Kari was diagnosed with HIV on Nov. 4, 2010 and two days later was diagnosed with AIDS. She was told to make plans for her daughter and her funeral. Kari was not ready to quit. Two years later, she is still fighting and making a difference in the community."
From TheBody.com
- Stories Behind Facing AIDS: Why Do I Face AIDS? (November 27, 2012)
In Black AIDS Weekly, from Black AIDS Institute
Speaking Truth to Power (November 25, 2012)
From TheBodyPRO.com
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