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Be Healthy and Live a Long Life

Be Healthy and Live a Long Life

I’m a retired, 60-year-old, gay, male. I moved down to Florida 5 years ago. I’ve been HIV positive since 1987 and my partner died of AIDS around that time. In my retirement, I started to use crystal meth, but I now am clean. I received substance abuse treatment in a...
It’s One Pill A Day

It’s One Pill A Day

I just wanted a little bit more control over my own sexual health. At the same time, I also knew there are other people out there that deserve the same protection as well. I look at it as a kind of a double-edged sword in a way. I wasn’t sure how to go about getting...
Why Are You Afraid

Why Are You Afraid

I am a product of the eighties. How I didn’t get HIV during that time, I am not sure. Not that it’s anything to be ashamed of, but back then people were, sadly, dying like crazy from the virus. A lot of my friends would go to New York City and come back...
Oh, Henry. Don’t Do It.

Oh, Henry. Don’t Do It.

I was born in Dominican Republic. I always believed that I had a problem before I picked up the first drug. I always knew that there was something off. That, because of family circumstances and poverty, I was chosen to be messed up. I found out I was HIV positive in...
It’s Worth It for The Community

It’s Worth It for The Community

I ended up flying to Palm Springs, California at 19 years old on a one-way ticket. I moved in with some other prostitutes because, when you’re young, sometimes it’s easier than going to a clock in clock out kind of place. That’s what worked for me then. A lot of it...