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Quick Poll

Q: If you are an HIV-positive woman, who have you told about your HIV status?
not a soul
only health care workers
the few people who are closest to me
most of my family and friends
anyone I feel I can trust (including coworkers and acquaintances)
pretty much everyone I know

The Women of Visual AIDS: HIV-Positive Women Making Art

Amber McCarthy, Waiting to Go, 1998 click for full image
Amber McCarthy, Star Music, 1998 Amber McCarthy, Waiting to Go, 1998 Amber McCarthy, Self-Portrait, 1998
Waiting To Go,
1998;
acrylic,
27" x 18"
All images are the property of the artist and may not be copied or reproduced without the express written permission of the artist and Visual AIDS.

Amber McCarthy:

Amber McCarthy, 34, learned she was HIV positive in 1997. Since then, she has spoken about HIV and substance abuse in group homes and at sessions organized by Planned Parenthood. She was sexually abused as a child; since then, she says, she has undergone a considerable amount of healing.

Amber describes herself as a "queer, Buddhist witch" who is "interested in joining others with like minds to build heaven on Earth." She loves life and is planning on staying on this planet for a long time -- one day at a time.

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