Lesbians & HIV/AIDS
Energetic and effusive, Michelle Lopez has a lot to say for herself as a mother, a lesbian, a trauma survivor and a woman living with HIV. Read Michelle's story.
Articles
- Ten Things Lesbians Should Discuss With Their Health Care Providers (Regularly Updated)
From Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
- Lesbians, Bisexual Women and Safe Sex (Regularly Updated)
From Avert
- Getting Pregnant: HIV-Positive Single Woman or HIV-Positive Woman in Same-Sex Relationship (Serodiscordant or Seroconcordant) (October 2012)
From The Well Project
 The White House Hosts Conference in Atlanta on HIV/AIDS in LGBT Communities (April 26, 2012)
From AIDS United
- TheBody.com Blogger Maria T. Mejia Profiled in the Windy City Times (July 6, 2011)
In Windy City Times
- In Wake of LGBT Suicides, GMHC Launches Anti-Homophobia Campaign, "I Love My Boo" (October 6, 2010)
From TheBody.com
- What Is Pride, Really? (June 1, 2010)
From TheBody.com
- In Africa, a Step Backward on Human Rights (March 22, 2010)
Opinion editorial by CEO and founder Phill Wilson.
From Black AIDS Institute
- Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Diagnoses and Mental Health Disparities Among Women Who Have Sex With Women Screened at an Urban Community Health Center, Boston, Mass., 2007 (January 19, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
On TheBodyPRO.com
- Lesbians at Risk for HIV, GMHC Report Shows (June 29, 2009)
From Gay Men's Health Crisis
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Personal Accounts
 Four Strikes Against Me, but I Am Not Out! A Blog Entry by Maria T. Mejia (January 23, 2013)
"I am a Latina, HIV positive, a lesbian and a woman! ... Imagine having these four (strikes) working against you and still trying to show that you are worthy and that you can make it!"
From The Well Project
 Amanda Brown: HIV Positively Positive: A Blog Entry by Robert Breining (March 28, 2012)
"[Amanda] joined the U.S. Army with hopes of attending Medical School on their dime. She was raped nearing the end of Basic Training, tested HIV positive shortly after and was discharged. After being on the patient side of the fence, she decided a career in the medical field would not be in her future."
From TheBody.com
 PRIDE, From a Proud HIV-Positive Lesbian: A Blog Entry by Maria T. Mejia (June 1, 2011)
"My running away from home and joining a gang, the things we had to go through in our home with my father, and then having to tell her that I was HIV positive was just enough for [my mother] to handle. I didn't want to give her one more thing to worry about."
From TheBody.com
- HIV and Love: A Blog Entry by Maria T. Mejia (March 18, 2011)
"I am very blessed that after all these years of being positive and thinking way back 'I WILL NEVER MARRY,' I have been blessed with such a loving and caring partner."
From TheBody.com
- Maria's Intro: A Blog Entry by Maria T. Mejia (January 13, 2011)
When Maria was diagnosed with HIV at 18, her mother said: "You will not die from this, but you will tell the family you have another disease." Now, after years of silence, this Miami resident is more than ready to open up to the world about living with HIV.
From The Well Project
- This Positive Life Video Series: An Interview With Sharon Gambles (October 12, 2010)
"I can finally see how San Francisco looked. Because I was always looking down. ... Now, my head is up. I got some self-esteem again. I got some integrity about myself. I got some respect about myself."
From TheBody.com
- Love Lifted Me! (Winter 2009/2010)
To read PDF, click here.
In Achieve, from ACRIA and GMHC
- Profiles in Courage: Pamela Neely
"HIV doesn't control me. HIV doesn't rule me. It's a tenant that I'm still trying to get eviction papers for."
From TheBody.com
- First Person: Michelle Lopez
- Profiles in Courage: Michelle Lopez (January 2006)
Michelle Lopez discusses how she fought against depression to become an outspoken advocate for herself and her daughter.
From TheBody.com
- A Constantly Shifting Ground (October 1997)
For Becky Trotter and Io Cyrus, maintaining open lines of communication in their relationship has been a constant, day-to-day concern.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- A Memorial to a Lesbian Activist & Friend, Keri Duran (Winter 1996)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
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