#POZ Stories

“It is funny how one day you wake up and feel like everything has changed.” Meet our new “A Girl Like Me” blogger, Janine!

Meet our new “A Girl Like Me” blogger!

Educate yourself and others about HIV—especially youth—and be your own advocate.

Here are the POZ blog entries with the most views this year.

Slowly but surely, I began to put my life back together. I knew I had to live in my truth: This is my life and I’m taking charge.

I still haven’t told a single soul about my condition. Perhaps, that’s what has been eating me up.

I am now ready to present my story internationally, and I think that this is a good place to start.

Writing over the years has been calming and healing for me.

My goal is to become a motivational speaker as well as an HIV advocate.

I’ve lived 34 years strong with the virus.

I am living proof that being HIV positive is not the end of the world.

A heart-wrenching POZ Stories installment

When I was first diagnosed, I saw HIV as a death sentence. But I know that doesn’t have to be the case as long as I take care of myself.

Since receiving my transplant, my purpose is to educate others about the importance of organ donation.

My motto is “Live every day like it’s the last.”

I struggle quite a lot with my disease, but somehow I still find that one thing to keep me going.