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Thanks, Paul. I am so grateful to have reconnected with you. We are survivors for sure, and I am grateful to be able to share my experience, strength and hope. Looking forward to our continued journey!
Charlie, I met you many years ago and remember your Blonde hair and and long legs! You were a bright light in my dark days and you gave me hope then and continue to do so today. Thank you. And thank you for your courage to share your personal account of what HIV means to you and to many others I'm sure. Myself and all that know you are lucky and honored... Stay strong, stay well and stay beautiful.
I hope you recover quickly. Your blog is very moving. I'd like to hear more about your professional identity, your sexual sense of self etc. how if anything have they been affected by HIV? What was your sex life like before? What is it like now? I find that everyone in the gay community has this upper middle class veneer of success and fabulousness but no one is willing to talk about what's going in behind the scenes. Did your friends talk about HIV openly? Was safe sex discussed? We're condoms part of the dialogue? Was HIV considered a risk? Do you now initiate these discussions? What do you think we as a community should talk more openly about? I find such a sharp divide among us. The Neg view Poz people as lepers, and Poz people are the only ones talking about HIV.
Charlie Finlay
David -- Thanks so much for following my blog, and for suggesting things i can write about. I think this is all unfolding... and i need to noodle things around in my head a bit before sitting down and writing. But i will definitely write about professional/sexual identity, the gap between attitude and communication between neg and poz, etc. Meaty topics! I also want to write a bit about finding love, because that has really been a monumental change this year for me. The ability to offer love and accept it in return is an all-new phenomenon for me. Thanks for prompting some good topics for musing!
September 10, 2013