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Laverne Cox Says Her Work As An HIV+ Advocate Is About “Celebrating Everyone’s Humanity”
Laverne Cox has spent her life breaking through barriers. Now, she wants to help break another: the stigma and misunderstanding surrounding the HIV+ community.
5 Organizations Supporting The Poz Community That You Can Donate To This Year
It’s that time of year again: gifts abound, families and friends reunite, and we all begin to contemplate the ways in which we might be able to give back to our communities.
Hernando Umana Wants Every HIV+ Person To Know That Life Doesn’t End At A Diagnosis
“The first words out of my mouth were: ‘How long do I have to live?’ That’s how uneducated I was.” Hernando Umana had been seeing tremendous personal and professional success since he was a child.
How Entrepreneur Suzanne Moloney Created A Revolutionary Product To Help Fellow HS Sufferers
Sometimes, it’s our own personal battles that inspire our greatest successes. In the case of Suzanne Moloney, it was her own Hidradenitis Suppurativa diagnosis that led her to create HidraWear, which are dressings specifically designed for people with HS.
Asia Sullivan Specializes In HIV+ Healthcare, And Wants To Change The Way You Think About Being Poz
After growing up in the Deep South, Asia Sullivan found her calling in healthcare, specifically for the LGBTQ+ community, and those with HIV.
Jahlove Serrano Is An HIV+ Educator Whose Grassroots Activism Is Destroying The Shame Of Being Poz
When Jahlove Serrano was 16-years-old, he lost his virginity, and gained a diagnosis. Growing up in New York, Serrano said that condoms were “never a thought” when it came to safe sex practices.
Living Well With Endometriosis: A Q&A With This EndoLife’s Jessica Duffin On What She’s Learned
When she realized how little information was available for holistic or alternative methods of treating Endometriosis, London-based writer and podcaster Jessica Duffin decided to make a media brand of her own.
Hidradenitis Suppurativa Treatment: What To Do If You’ve Just Been Diagnosed With HS
Hidradenitis Suppurativa is a skin disorder in which pimple-like bumps appear on the skin.
Why Jordanna Tucker Is No Longer Allowing Endometriosis To Define Her Life
For Jordanna Tucker, her Endometriosis diagnosis was as most women’s is: “drawn out and well overdue.” The 26-year-old Queensland native is now a graphic designer, and has put a lot of her skills to use on social media, where she…
How Hayley Ray’s Lifelong Struggle With Endometriosis Led Her To Coach Other Women Through Invisible Illnesses
For Hayley Ray, the first symptoms of Endometriosis started innocuously enough. By 12 or 13-years-old, she was experiencing increased bleeding during periods, clots, and cramping in her abdomen.
Hanna Smith Wants To End The HS Stigma, So She’s Advocating For Early Diagnosis And Intervention
This is one personal story of being affected by Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS). If you or anyone you know would like to share your experience, please contact tellmystory@thoughtcatalog.com.
How Dimitri Joseph Moïse Turned An HIV+ Diagnosis Into His Life’s Purpose To Advocate And Raise Awareness
“Are you gonna tell him, or should I?” Those were the words Dimitri Joseph Moïse heard outside a room in his doctor’s office, where he sat waiting to hear whether or not his HIV test was positive.