Life & Love With HIV

📢 #MyHealthMyRight!📢 As we continue to honour & celebrate #women living with #HIV, on #WAD2024 let's renew our commitment to fight stigma and continue to champion the rights, autonomy, and well-being of those living with & affected by HIV ❤️ #LifeAndLoveWithHIV #WorldAIDSDay

Have you ever felt confused about body changes? 🤷‍♀️ Mukiri shares how what she thought was a menstrual cycle change was actually not, and her journey to recovery. Read all about it here 👉 buff.ly/3uxj29o #lifeandlovewithhiv #womenshealth #sexualhealth #sexualwellness

#LovePositiveWomen is a worldwide initiative encouraging the expression of love & support for women living with HIV. Start from a place of love today! And tell us how are you celebrating yourself & the women in your life ❤️ #lifeandlovewithhiv @lovepositivewomen #valentine

❤️WATCH NOW! On the eve on Valentine’s Day, we revisit our Love Chat series! Our Love Chat series engaged guests in intimate conversations with women living with #HIV in all their diversities about self-love, sex positivity, and how this could impact agency and choice of options for prevention or treatment. We want the discussion to be about love for women living with HIV from the lens of sensual beings and not just vectors. In this Galentine's special edition Erika Castellanos and Florence Riako Anam engage in candid discussions and experiences for women Living with HIV, advocacy and self-care. @EriKaCa1075 @floriako #LovePositiveWomen WATCH HERE: youtu.be/f517kuW6Bjc

The BCC3 study is trying to recruit more participants who identify as African, Caribbean and/or Black. We want our study to reflect the diverse groups of women living in BC! Please share with your networks or consider participating if you identify as an ACB woman #ResearchEquity

Science over stigma. Fact over fear. #UequalsU is a successful treatment. Get it. Keep it. Live well.

From time to time I see comments that I can be “cured” of HIV using other alternative solutions,remember that I went to Loliondo to be curd of HIV 🤷‍♀️😂 so for now I choose to stay on ARVs & keep the HOPE alive because I believe we’ll get a HIV cure in this lifetime!

Fresh off the press! 📢 Penned by the talented Mukiri, the #LifeAndLoveWithHIV page has a new blog where Mukiri candidly shares her experiences of her #thirties - including insights on #dating, #sexuality, #fashion and #mentalhealth. Read it here: buff.ly/423GabX

“Connecting without stigma is enormously healing in itself" On Deveilyau’s newest blog on #LifeAndLoveWithHIV, she shares how a women’s retreat provided her with the opportunity to be herself, & learn & connect with others. Read more here: buff.ly/3sf4JVI  @HIV_HEAR_me

12.40pm London, UK. Enjoying the autumnal sunshine in my 32nd year of living with #HIV. Happy to be visible for long term survivors and HIV positive women who may not feel able to be part of this day. #adaywithhiv

“With treatments & everything that is out there, we’re no different than any other person.” In Kathy's blog on @PHCTheProject, she advocates for accessing treatment & building a support system to combat stigma of #HIV. Read more here buff.ly/3PFKaum #lifeandlovewithhiv

"There are #African people living with #HIV who are thriving, surviving and doing really well, and we want to be visible." Watch this inspiring interview with the co-authors of the book "Our stories told by us"here: buff.ly/44KQ9Cr @susancolehaley @THTorguk

If you are feeling the #MondayBlues today, noticing and accepting your feelings is a good first step🧘‍♀️ In this short video by @aidsmap, the presenters offer some quick tips to feel better: buff.ly/3ZbcVSR #lifeandlovewithhiv #MotivationMondays #mentalhealth #selfcare

Day 3 at #2023USCHA: OIDP staff discuss ending the #HIV epidemic, with a focus on Black women, HBCUs, & #PrEP uptake. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

I started ARVs in 2005, even though I was born with HIV, at the time of my diagnosis there were no ARVs. Thanks to ARVs, we now live longer, healthier lives. And with an undetectable viral load I can't transmit HIV to anyone🤷‍♀️ HIV has changed! I AM A BEAUTIFUL STORY #UequalsU

"My hope is that this reduces #stigma."  In her blog on @HIVGov, Antigone tells us about her thriving career and family , but also about how she channeled her grief to address the institutional & systemic barriers to care: buff.ly/44EUCqz #lifeandlovewithhiv #uequalsu

Let's celebrate #WorldSexualHealthDay, embracing the beauty & importance of healthy #relationships and #wellbeing. Remember, #consent is key; @ENDINGHIV has some fun resources on this! buff.ly/3PpAhAX #wshd2023 #lifeandlovewithhiv #ConsentIsRespect #uequalsu

“The main problem they faced was going up against a system that was never built to help them in the first place.” @GabrielXHendri1 shares his views on the US pharmacy system & the obstacles people living with #HIV face. 🩺Read @TheBodyDotCom story: thebody.com/article/people….

Today is International Overdose Awareness Day.  Please remember to take care of yourself, and reach out to anyone you think may be experiencing challenges with substance use. We can all work together to #EndOverdose and save lives. 💜 #IOAD2023 #LifeAndLoveWithHIV

"NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US."🧑‍🤝‍🧑 In this freshly released blog, Shelly and Zoe share their experiences working in community-based women's health #research, and urge others to get involved: buff.ly/45G8YYy #lifeandlovewithhiv @HIV_HEAR_me #hiv #uequalsu #women