HIV/AIDS in the U.S. Latino Community: Personal Accounts
Damaries Cruz: HIV-positive Latina goes public with her status in the Hispanic community.
Beatriz Diaz has been living with HIV since 1992. She feels fortunate to share her house with her son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren.
This Positive Life: An Interview With Ahmad Salcido (February 2, 2009)
Being gay and HIV positive is frowned upon in many Hispanic and Muslim communities, and 23-year-old Ahmad faces unique challenges because he's part of each. However, he's found a supportive community in San Francisco, and his diagnosis has inspired him to take better care of his health.
From The Body
Living With "The Monster" (Winter 2008/2009)
"Are we going to die like those people on TV?" was the first thing 6-year-old Raven Lopez asked when her mom told her she was HIV positive. Her mom's answer, of course, was "no" -- and 12 years later, both of them are still going strong.
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In Achieve, from ACRIA and GMHC
Beatriz Diaz: From Silence to Success (January 2005)
Beatriz Diaz, 49, learned the hard way that loving yourself is critical to committing to HIV treatment.
In A Guide to Fuzeon: The First Fusion Inhibitor, from The Body
Powers of Example: Theresa Nieves (September 1997)
"I was one of the few Latinas out there doing advocacy work, and who was not afraid to say 'I have AIDS'".
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
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