Activist Profiles/Personal Accounts
 David Munar: Making "the People's HIV Plan" a National Reality (September 15, 2011)
From TheBody.com
- Carlos Pavel Smith: Channeling the Passion of Youth (September 12, 2011)
From AID FOR AIDS International
 Q&A: C. Virginia Fields, AIDS Movement Leader and Power Broker (September 6, 2011)
From Black AIDS Institute
 Meet Miracle Mike Hennessey: A Blog Entry by Robert Breining (August 16, 2011)
"Mike is a writer, actor, comedian and children's entertainer. He moved to Los Angeles in 1993 from Boston after he was told in August of 1990 that he had potentially 7 to 9 years to live when he was diagnosed with HIV. He thought, 'Since I'm going to die anyway, I might as well do it on stage.'"
From TheBody.com
- Liliana Velásquez: Seeing the World as One (August 5, 2011)
From AID FOR AIDS International
 HIV Profile: Ryan White -- A Blog Entry by Justin B. Terry-Smith (July 20, 2011)
"In December 1984, when he was 13, White contracted pneumonia and had surgery to remove part of his left lung. After two hours of surgery, his doctors told his parents that he had contracted the incurable disease of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, or AIDS, through his Factor VIII blood transfusions."
From TheBody.com
- HIV Survivor and "Global Nomad" Creates International Volunteer Service Organization for People Living With HIV (July 19, 2011)
Volunteer Positive opens its doors.
From Volunteer Positive
- HuffPost Greatest Person of the Day: Brenda Starks-Ross Helps People Living With HIV/AIDS Get Back on Track (July 17, 2011)
From HuffingtonPost.com
 Not Everyone Is an Activist (and Updates on My New Regimen of Atripla): A Video Blog Entry by Maria T. Mejia (July 8, 2011)
"Not everyone is an activist! And we must respect this ... not all people are prepared to come out of their HIV closet because others want them to. They are not less than anyone -- many of them are still dealing with the shame that comes with the illness."
From The Well Project
- Q&A: Rep. Barbara Lee, Congresswoman and AIDS Activist (July 5, 2011)
In Black AIDS Weekly, from Black AIDS Institute
 Should AIDS Activists and Pharma Just Get Along? A Video Blog by Mark S. King (July 5, 2011)
"At least through this video, I get an opportunity to discuss some pressing concerns not covered in the [pharma] community meeting. I question some basic assumptions, such as whether our hard work on the ADAP crisis is pulling attention and resources from the 'big picture' of pharma drug pricing and generics, and I offer an indictment of our U.S. health care system for good measure."
From TheBody.com
 We Are Not OK -- Until the Cure: A Blog Entry by Jeannie Wraight (July 5, 2011)
"If HAART saved us all, then it would be acceptable. IT DOES NOT. ... How many more experts need to say that we will never be able to make enough HIV antivirals for everyone who needs them before we start to listen?!"
From TheBody.com
- A Decade of Positive Faces (Summer 2011)
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- A Decade of Positive Faces: Krista Shore (Summer 2011)
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- A Decade of Positive Faces: Sandy Lambert (Summer 2011)
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- A Decade of Positive Faces: Devan Nambiar (Summer 2011)
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- A Decade of Positive Faces: Shari Margolese (Summer 2011)
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- A Decade of Positive Faces: Louise Binder (Summer 2011)
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- A Decade of Positive Faces: Jim Wakeford (Summer 2011)
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- Gloria Reuben, Actor and AIDS Activist (June 17, 2011)
In Black AIDS Weekly, from Black AIDS Institute
 I Am What I Am: A Blog Entry by Aless Piper (June 14, 2011)
"I am proud to be a straight ally, and HIV/AIDS activist. ... Like Miep Gies, the next time I am asked why I do what I do, I fully intend to say that I do it because it is the right thing to do."
From TheBody.com
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