Inspiring Stories: Transgender People With HIV/AIDS

Chicagoan Joy Morris-Hightower is 45 years old and she's been living with HIV 27 years. Click here to read her story.

How to Talk Trans (Regularly Updated)
A blog by Devarah "Dee" Borrego.
From The Well Project
Anniversaries and a Cure: A Blog Entry by Devarah "Dee" Borrego (March 5, 2013)
"While today will always mark an extremely difficult day in my life, maybe next year my anniversary with HIV won't be something I'm sad and anxious about -- maybe it'll be an event I celebrate as the day the first cure for the next generation was found."
From TheBody.com
Devarah "Dee" Borrego's Intro (January 3, 2013)
From The Well Project
Cecilia's Story: Transgender, Chinese Emigre Talks About HIV Stigma and Survival (Video) (September 28, 2012)
Cecilia is a transgender woman, originally from China, who has been living with HIV for 18 years. A former substance abuser and survivor of assault, she shares the story of how stigma drove her away from her family -- and why reconciling with her mother is the reason she started HIV treatment.
From The Positive Project
Transwomen and HIV With Dee Borrego: A Blog Entry by Robert Breining (September 13, 2012)
"Dee is a 28-year-old, HIV+ transwoman originally from Denver, Colorado, who grew up mostly in suburban Connecticut. She acquired HIV at age 20, the same year as she began her transition."
From TheBody.com
Three Stories of Personal Survival and Growth From People Living With HIV (July 30, 2012)
In Positive Voice, from National Association of People With AIDS
AIDS 2012 Plenary Speaker: Debbie McMillan (July 16, 2012)
In Black AIDS Weekly, from Black AIDS Institute
First-Person Stories From HIV-Positive People: June 2012 (June 28, 2012)
From The Positive Project
Remembering Tracy Bumpus, a Hero in the Battle for Transgender Rights (June 22, 2011)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
The First Few Months: A Transgender Woman Faces an HIV Diagnosis in the Rural U.S. (Posted: April 2011)
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