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I had just been serosorted; that term is for the act of sorting out guys by their HIV status. It had happened to me often online, but never to my face.
Brent, A few weeks ago I was diagnosed HIV-positive. It was a total shock.
The week before, a former coworker called to say that her company had a position open. Since social work can be a bit female-dominated, the organization wanted to hire a male. Nonetheless, I didn’t need to switch jobs.
Many of us think that stereotypes are great tools in protecting us from harm, but they can also keep us in negative and judgmental places.
How could anyone want to get a disease, especially one so serious? How could someone want the very thing that wreaked havoc in my own life? I had encountered my very first bug chaser and loathed it.
When I was younger, I knew porn was bad. Raised as a goody-two shoes Roman…
Many of us have struggled with addictions: alcohol, drugs, tobacco, sex, eating, working out, or…
I stood outside the building, bundled in my winter coat. I clutched my new yoga mat,…
We’ve all been lied to. We’ve been told that to ‘give up’ shows weakness. It’s not necessarily true. I’ve actually improved my life by learning to give up, and I believe that we can all benefit from this philosophy; it’s definitely not the easy way out.