Relationships & Sexuality
 What's Normal Anyway? (Regularly Updated)
From TheBody.com
 No Easy Way Out ... (March 27, 2013)
From TheBody.com
 Accept and Acclimate: A Blog Entry by B. Osten (March 5, 2013)
"My partner and myself are literally 'polar' opposites. ... Because of this strange phenomenon our worlds were turned upside down. In order for our relationship to survive this new dawn, we had to learn to coexist, so to speak."
From TheBody.com
 Discovering Me: A Blog Entry by Tree Alexander (February 1, 2013)
"I'm a nonconformist to the core. A cisgender pansexual polyamorous individual. ... It all comes down to becoming comfortable in my own skin, with my own beliefs, without feeling like I have to appeal to others' ideas of identity and relationships."
From TheBody.com
- Moving Beyond Regrets! A Blog Entry by Rae Lewis-Thornton (January 10, 2013)
From TheBody.com
- Study: Romance Trumps Friends With Benefits (December 3, 2012)
Those in traditional relationships are more satisfied, sexually and otherwise, and better at communicating.
In The Atlantic
- Bringing a Third Person Into the Relationship: A Blog Entry by B. Osten (October 25, 2012)
"We're not perfect. We're human. HIV brought us together. Couples counseling is keeping us together."
From TheBody.com
- You Still Dating That Person Cause Why? Change Your Location -- Part 2: A Blog Entry by Rae Lewis-Thornton (October 22, 2012)
"I spent almost five years with that man waiting on him to marry me. And looking back, I can't blame nobody but myself. I should have changed my location but I stayed stuck out of my own insecurities."
From TheBody.com
- The Women's Collective Releases Toolkit for Advancing the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Women Living With HIV/AIDS (October 9, 2012)
TWC shares information and lessons learned.
From The Women's Collective
- Studying, Not Fuckin ...: A Blog Entry by Rae Lewis-Thornton (August 28, 2012)
"I wasn't at school to fuck anyway, I was there to learn. I had decided that I didn't need the lovin to be extra good, cause I just might not get any work done. But I was still in that phase where I was lookin for someone to love me."
From TheBody.com
- Monday Reflection: The Pesky Details ...: A Blog Entry by Rae Lewis-Thornton (August 27, 2012)
"There's nothing like the newness of a relationship. ... Who wants to jack up the flow of the newness with the pesky details of condoms, one's last HIV test and their STD history?"
From TheBody.com
- Who Stays ... Who Goes ...: A Blog Entry by Rae Lewis-Thornton (August 21, 2012)
"It's amazing how resilient women are; we take that licking and keep right on ticking. We bounce back and bounce back and bounce back, but I wonder what part of us we lose when the ball goes down before it comes back up?"
From TheBody.com
- Secret Love Cheats Pose a Greater Infection Risk Than Those in Open Sexual Relationships (July 3, 2012)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
On TheBodyPRO.com
 A Day in the Life Video Series: Two Longtime HIV Survivors Share Love and Support (June 19, 2012)
From TheBody.com
- Moving Beyond the Fuck! A Blog Entry by Rae Lewis-Thornton (June 6, 2012)
"Why would he take the best of me then dispose the rest like garbage? ... What am I thinking? Has society and judgments made me crazy? Do I have to justify my fucks until the day I die?"
From TheBody.com
- Women, Domestic Violence and HIV (March 2012)
From The Well Project
 I Remember the Lovin ...: A Blog Entry by Rae Lewis-Thornton (March 9, 2012)
"If truth be told, if I Loved me instead of the Lovin, I would have passed on anything that didn't lift me, renew me and celebrate me. ... I remember that a good fuck got me HIV and Herpes and long after the Lovin was gone, I was left fighting for my life, for the rest of my life."
From TheBody.com
 Memoirs of a Valentine; for Those Who Love and Have Loved: A Blog Entry by Kevin Maloney (February 12, 2012)
"You know that one box we all have with pictures, notes, etc. from our ex's? Every couple years or so you'll open that box, because you remember how happy you were at that moment in time, and you need to read the notes to reassure yourself you are still that same person, that you are still loveable and deserve love again."
From TheBody.com
 Word on the Street: Love and Relationships, Positive Style (February 9, 2012)
What's your advice to HIV-positive people looking for love? What's your experience been?
From TheBody.com
- Dating While HIV Positive (October 18, 2011)
In Black AIDS Weekly, from Black AIDS Institute
 What Kind of Dater Are You? A Blog Entry by Rae Lewis-Thornton (September 7, 2011)
"When I was younger it was believed that there were two types of girls; Good and Bad. ... But in reality, that understanding of dating and sex was just a little too simplistic and maybe way too unrealistic."
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