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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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Telling Others You're HIV Positive (April 12, 2007)
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From AIDS InfoNet
Don't Always Reveal Your Status -- Here's Why (March/April 2000)
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Disclosing Your HIV Status (June 1998)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
To Tell or Not to Tell (January 1997)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
How to Tell Others You Are HIV Positive (1994)
Part of There Is Hope: Learning to Live With HIV.
From HIV Coalition (HIVCO)

Advice

The Word on Disclosure (June 2006)
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In WORLD Newsletter, from Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Diseases
Tell and Kiss: Dating and Disclosure (July 2004)
Social worker Michael Mancilla offers advice for anyone who's jittery about disclosing their HIV status to an HIV-negative partner.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
The Disclosure Dilemma: Telling Your Family Your Partner Has HIV (July 2004)
Advice from psychologist Dr. J. "Buzz" von Ornsteiner for HIV-negative people in a mixed-status relationship.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
To Disclose or Not to Disclose? (Fall/Winter 2003)
That is the question we posed to these 5 PHAs ...
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
Should You Disclose Your HIV Status to a Potential Sexual Partner? (Summer 2002)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
Telling Others About Your HIV (July 2001)
In WISE Words, from Project Inform
Should You Tell Your Children You Are HIV Positive? (October 1997)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Start Networking! (September 1997)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Say It Loud, Say It Often (January 1997)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
Personal Perspectives on Talking With Kids About HIV (1994)
Part of There Is Hope: Learning to Live With HIV.
From HIV Coalition (HIVCO)
Surviving the Company Blood Drive When You're HIV-infected (1994)
Part of There Is Hope: Learning to Live With HIV.
From HIV Coalition (HIVCO)
Talking With Your Children About Your Own or Their HIV (1994)
Part of There Is Hope: Learning to Live With HIV.
From HIV Coalition (HIVCO)
Telling Your Child's School That Your Child Is HIV Positive (1994)
Part of There Is Hope: Learning to Live With HIV.
From HIV Coalition (HIVCO)
Telling Your Employer You Are HIV Positive (1994)
Part of There Is Hope: Learning to Live With HIV.
From HIV Coalition (HIVCO)

Personal Accounts

You Gotta Have Friends: A Video Blog by Mark S. King (April 22, 2009)
Mark invites a group of his HIV-positive friends over for dinner. Together they share intimate stories about disclosure, sex, dating and how they've coped with their status.
From The Body
Bisexuality, Lies and HIV: The Pain and Necessity of Disclosure -- and Acceptance (March/April 2005)
A cautionary story for all HIV-positive guys who sleep with both men and women, and for the HIV-negative women they sleep with who may not know about it.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Talking About Your Status: One Woman's Decision to Disclose (March/April 2005)
When's the best time to tell a potential partner you have HIV? For Barbara Marcotte, the answer is: Tell them early.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
"By the Way, I'm Poz" (July 2004)
Although Steve McMahon's romantic relationship ended the night he told his boyfriend he was HIV positive, he has no regrets.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
"I Still" (July 2004)
A poem by Gene Valentine about lost love and HIV disclosure.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Periods, Bras and T Cells: A Father-Daughter Talk (June 18-24, 2004)
In this touching, beautifully crafted story, Michael Kearns writes about how he finally told his nine-year-old adopted daughter that he has HIV.
In LA Weekly
Disclosing HIV in the Workplace (September/October 2003)
Steve McMahon talks about his decision to tell his coworkers he's HIV positive.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Disclosure: Being Out as an HIV-Positive Teen (December 20, 2002)
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From PositiveWords
Pickett Fences: Seven's Up (September/October 2002)
Jim Pickett's letter to his family telling them that he as HIV.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Telling the Truth: An Insider's Look at Disclosure (April 2001)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
Going Public (Spring 1999)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
Diagnosis 18 Months Later (Summer 1998)
A positive woman considers disclosure.
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
Personal Perspectives on Telling Others (1994)
Part of There Is Hope: Learning to Live With HIV.
From HIV Coalition (HIVCO)

News & Other Articles

AP/Yahoo! News Examines Increasing Use of Social Networking Sites to Reach People Exposed to HIV, Other STIs (April 21, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
After Hookups, E-Cards That Warn, "Get Checked" (February 3, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Males Less Likely to Tell Partner About STD: Study (April 1, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
When Opposites Attract (May 2000)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
HIV+ Women (November/December 1999)
Dealing with stigma, obstacles to care, and getting support.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Among Ourselves: Be Seen, Be Counted -- Visibility Matters (April 1998)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
Sexual Ethics -- Disclosure of HIV-Positive Status to Partners (February 9, 1998)
In Archives of Internal Medicine
Sweet Little Lies (January 1997)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
A Column for Women: Among Ourselves .... (July 1996)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles

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