HIV Vaccine Awareness Day

I was a child in the height of the AIDS scare, and it has colored my life since I began exploring sex and sexuality.

I’ve had friends who died.

I have friend who are living with HIV today.

My mother worked on the quilt project.

So, when I saw that a new vaccine is generating an immune response in 97% of study participants, I was thrilled.

Not just for how far we’ve come, and how this has been taken seriously (FINALLY!) enough to warrant dedicated study.

We’re still a long way from being in the clear, but at least today, on this HIV Vaccine Awareness holiday, we have something to give us hope.

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I wrote the original piece back in 2016. It was about people not telling certain individuals stuff about their lives, because they will have to

In honor of this month, I’d like to share a story. It’s one I tell often, because it was the first time I remember realizing

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