Dunbar, West Virginia
Positive since 1989
Coming out of hiding
four years ago,
I just got tired of living on Uncle Sam
I got out
went to work.
It was the best thing I could do for myself.
Life is such a gift
and I was missing out by staying a homebody.
Let me just say one thing…
times have changed in the workplace since the late eighties.
“winks”
What three adjectives best describe you?
Alive, easy, kind
What is your greatest achievement?
Seeing most of the United States
What is your greatest regret?
Not going to culinary school
What keeps you up at night?
Joint pain
If you could change one thing about living with HIV, what would it be?
Dating and having to give the whole spiel about living with HIV. But I do. I’m a discloser.
What is the best advice you ever received?
From the movie Finding Nemo, “Just keep swimming.”
What person in the HIV/AIDS community do you most admire?
I admire us all.
What drives you to do what you do?
A higher power
What is your motto?
Believe...
If you had to evacuate your house immediately, what is the one thing you would grab on the way out?
My longtime companion, Weeza
If you could be any animal, what would you be? And why?
First I thought a bird because you can do the doo on mean people, but ultimately, I would be human, because we need to be kind to one another. Like I try to be every day.
Roy Key
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