Telling Others You Have HIV/AIDS
Bernadette Berzoza
Diagnosed in September 1989
"When I told a friend I was HIV positive, she got up off the chair and hugged me ..."
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Advice
- Telling Others You're HIV Positive (July 24, 2012)
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From AIDS InfoNet
 Talking With Your Children About Your HIV Status or Your Children's Status (June 2012)
From The Well Project
 Three Reasons to Not Reveal Your HIV Status During the Holidays: A Blog Entry by Candace Y.A. Montague (November 22, 2011)
"The holiday season is upon us once again. For some it is joyous. For others it is torturous. No matter how you feel about visiting relatives and eating countless plates of food, it is safe to say that the holiday season is not a good time to disclose to your family that you are HIV positive."
From TheBody.com
- Disclosure Etiquette, Part 3: The Highs and Lows of Telling Your Business (May 17, 2010)
From Black AIDS Institute
- Enclosed by Disclosure: A Blog Entry by Tree Alexander (May 12, 2010)
When I started to date ... I wondered: Should I tell right away, should I tell on the third date, or should I wait until we are ready to take our relationship to the bedroom? Will they stay regardless?
From TheBody.com
- Disclosure Etiquette, Part 2: Preparing Yourself to Tell Others (March 22, 2010)
From Black AIDS Institute
- Disclosure Etiquette, Part 1: Do I Have to Kiss and Tell? (February 11, 2010)
From Black AIDS Institute
- Answering Questions About Sex: A Blog Entry by River Huston (October 21, 2009)
HIV-positive sex educator River Huston blogs her answers to questions from people with HIV about sex drive and disclosing to partners.
From River Huston
- Tips on Telling Others You're Positive
From TheBody.com
- The Word on Disclosure (June 2006)
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In WORLD Newsletter, from Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Diseases
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News & Other Articles
 Disclosure Among Teens Born Positive (January/February 2013)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
On TheBodyPRO.com
- Should Everyone HIV+ Be Required to Disclose That to Every Sexual Partner? (November 30, 2012)
45 U.S. states have made failing to disclose one's HIV status a criminal offense.
In The Atlantic
 Crime and Punishment: The U.S. and Canadian Contexts of an International HIV Disclosure Dilemma -- A Blog Entry by Dave R. (October 25, 2012)
"The responsibility for self-protection from HIV should be everyone's, given the knowledge everyone now has. I somehow doubt if the statistics of HIV transmission would change one way or the other but at least people living with the virus wouldn't be living in fear of being punished twice."
From TheBody.com
- Crime and Punishment: An International HIV Disclosure Dilemma -- A Blog Entry by Dave R. (October 25, 2012)
"Many people outside the United States and Canada experience National Enquirer levels of disbelief at what's goes on in parts of North America in the field of sexual behavior and politics. The current criminalization of people with HIV who fail to tell their partners of their status is just such a moment in time."
From TheBody.com
 For Many Gay Men, We Must Come Out Twice (October 11, 2012)
From National Minority AIDS Council
 When Disclosure Is Dangerous: Remembering Cicely Bolden (October 10, 2012)
From Positive Women's Network BC
 Damned If You Don't: A Blog Entry in Positive Policy (October 9, 2012)
Ken Monteith shares some of his early reflections on criminalization after last week's Supreme Court decision on Mabior and DC
From PositiveLite.com
 Canadian Supreme Court Outlines When It's Legal for HIVers Not to Disclose Before Sex (October 9, 2012)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Canadian Supreme Court Ruling Precariously Hinges Upon Semantics and Viral Loads (October 8, 2012)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
 Updated -- Canada's Supreme Court Redefines Risk: A Blog Entry in Positive Policy (October 5, 2012)
From Positive Women's Network BC
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