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We Need a Plan for How to Have Casual Sex Again
Staying home and avoiding casual sex isn't sustainable. We need a plan for how to have sex in a new epidemic.
Here’s How One Organization Is Helping Women Living With HIV Cope With the COVID-19 Era
“The impact ... has been devastating on women living with HIV,” says Naina Khanna of Positive Women’s Network.
How Instagram Live Helps Me Cope With COVID-19 Quarantine
Check out Charles Sanchez’s convos with HIV community members around the country every Thursday at 2 p.m. EST on TheBody’s IG.
How TikTok and New Recipes Are Helping This Activist Cope With COVID-19 Quarantine
“As a person who works in public health and is living with HIV … this has prepared me rather well for this, to be able to know how to get through and acknowledge what I have to do.”
How Bike Riding and Steering Clear of Fear Help This Activist Cope With COVID-19 Quarantine
“I’ve been single and living alone for so long. I’ve become lonelier.”
Desserts and Running a Nonprofit Help This Activist Cope With COVID-19 Quarantine
“It’s not in my nature to freak out about things. I’m irritatingly calm.”
How Documentaries and Social Media Breaks Help This Activist Cope With COVID-19 Quarantine
Taking refuge in upstate New York, and finishing up cancer treatments, this activist has found that getting off social media has been healthy for his COVID isolation.
Using Communication Skills and a Chef’s Background to Deal With COVID-19 Quarantine
“Because I lived through so much of the AIDS era, I realized then that we had to stay connected, vigilant, and focused amid bad things.”
Walking the Dog and Support Networks Help This Bronx Activist Cope with COVID-19 Quarantine
“I’ve been emotionally affected, especially when I look at the news on TV and the first thing I see is Gov. Cuomo talking about how many people are infected and have died.”
Walks, the Ocean, and Sobriety Meetings Help This Long-Term Survivor Cope With COVID-19 Quarantine
“As with AIDS, the political machinations, denial, and ignorance over the proven science has been traumatic and a source of anger, despair, and depression at times.”