02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV

What to do if your family doesn't accept your HIV status

By: Jennifer McMillen Smith, MSSA, LISW-S, Division of Infectious Disease and medically reviewed by Ann Avery, Infectious Disease Physician at Metrohealth Medical Center What if my family doesn’t accept my HIV status? It’s a fair […]

03: Getting Tested for HIV, 05: HIV Healthcare

I’m ready to get tested for HIV. Now where do I go?

By: Jennifer McMillen Smith, MSSA, LISW-S, Division of Infectious Disease and medically reviewed by Ann Avery, Infectious Disease Physician at Metrohealth Medical Center You’ve made up your mind to get tested for HIV. Congratulations! Sometimes […]

05: HIV Healthcare

Who to go to for help with HIV paperwork

By: Jennifer McMillen Smith, MSSA, LISW-S, Division of Infectious Disease and medically reviewed by Ann Avery, Infectious Disease Physician at Metrohealth Medical Center When you’re living with HIV, sometimes it might feel like the paperwork […]

17: Young and Positive

Video: HIV hotline

Listen, we all want to get through HIV management like Beyonce,💃🏽🍋 baseball bat in hand, smashing up every challenge that comes your way. 💪🏾 But everybody’s gotta ride the hot mess express every once in […]

05: HIV Healthcare

June HIV events

By: Jennifer McMillen Smith, MSSA, LISW-S, Division of Infectious Disease and medically reviewed by Ann Avery, Infectious Disease Physician at Metrohealth Medical Center June 2017 has two HIV-related events you won’t want to miss: June […]

00. Spanish, 09: Sex When Living with HIV

Hablemos del trasero: Salud y placer anal

El sexo anal puede ser superdivertido y lleno de placer, pero a algunas personas no les gusta hablar de ello. Aunque quizá deberían hacerlo, porque hablar más podría conducir a una mayor comprensión, más conocimiento, […]

09: Sex When Living with HIV

We're talkin' about butt stuff: Anal health and pleasure

Anal sex can be super fun and full of pleasure, but some people don't like to talk about it. Maybe they should though, because more talk could lead to more understanding, more knowledge, more pleasure, […]

18: Know Your Rights

6 ways to join the fight against HIV criminalization

In part 2 of this series, we talked about a full range of reasons why HIV criminalization is obsolete and needs to be abolished. Let’s review: HIV criminalization is good at: Discouraging people from getting […]

03: Getting Tested for HIV, 18: Know Your Rights

Why HIV criminalization doesn't work

By: Jennifer McMillen Smith, MSSA, LISW-S, Division of Infectious Disease and medically reviewed by Ann Avery, Infectious Disease Physician at Metrohealth Medical Center If you know you have HIV, you should tell your sex partners […]

02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV

Video: Don't let HIV define you

Don't let HIV define you If you’re living with HIV, we want you to know that you will always be more than the disease. ❤ ❤ ❤ It will never define who you are. It […]