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Featured Videos on Finding Out You're HIV Positive

Rae Lewis-Thornton Shares Tips for Beginning to Live With HIV

Renowned speaker, blogger and advocate Rae Lewis-Thornton has been living with HIV/AIDS for more than 25 years -- and she's learned a lot about survival along the way. In this video, Rae shares wisdom from a long life with HIV/AIDS, especially for those who've just found out they're HIV positive.

Starting Your Journey With HIV
By Nelson Vergel

Finding out that one is HIV positive is an overwhelming and scary experience. Unless you know empowered HIV-positive people who can help you navigate the next steps to gain control of HIV can be a daunting experience. Longtime HIV survivor and wellness expert Nelson Vergel outlines the most important things for you to know in an easy-to-understand video (available in English and Spanish).

My HIV Journey: 13 Months of Videos Following My Diagnosis
By Aaron Laxton

"I am simply a guy who on June 6, 2011, received the news that more than 33 million people have received: I am HIV positive. I decided in that moment to record the journey that I was embarking on so that I might help others as they receive that news. I'm not a doctor and I don't endorse any agenda other than simply living a healthy life."

Personal Stories

Day One With HIV: "I Needed Support From My Family and Friends" (May 24, 2013)
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Day One With HIV: "A Shadow Came Over My Head" (Videos) (May 23, 2013)
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Day One With HIV: "Coming Out of the Second Closet" (May 1, 2013)
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Day One With HIV: "I Had Never Actually Met Anyone Who Was Positive" (April 28, 2013)
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Day One With HIV: 19 Years Ago Today, "I Was Given What I Thought Was a Death Sentence" (April 4, 2013)
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This Positive Life: Newly Living With HIV, Josh Robbins Is "Still Josh" -- and Still an Advocate (March 25, 2013)
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The Dude Who Exposed Me to HIV Speaks, Part Two (January 17, 2013)
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The Dude Who Exposed Me to HIV Speaks, Part One (January 15, 2013)
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The Beginning of a New Me: A Blog Entry by Ria Denise (August 16, 2012)
"I am finally at the stage where I need to be to let my voice be heard in hopes to inspire those who fight the ignorance daily, to know that they have nothing to be ashamed of."
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A Journey of a Thousand Miles ... A Blog Entry by Betsy Yung (May 18, 2012)
"You can imagine what a shock it was to hear, at age 49 that I was not only HIV positive, but fighting for my life with full blown AIDS."
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