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April 18, 2020
Every morning I had a habit of waking up energized for the day, dressing up, and ensuring that I looked and felt good - not only about myself, but about the day I had to face. But many times I stood in the mirror and took forever to convince myself that I actually looked good...
March 26, 2020
In today’s world, women are encouraged to be the best version of themselves and quite rightly so. Women are told to speak up and have a voice, equal rights and never settle. The gravity of these points is enormous.
March 25, 2020
I am polyamorous. I can fall in love with and enjoy sexuality with more than one person, at the same time. I think love is something to be shared, experienced, and not limited. That jealously is a reaction to unhappiness within myself. Jealously comes from comparing myself to others. For me, polyamory is both a spiritual practice and a turn-on. Sexuality and spiritually are linked and ultimately about accepting love and connection.
February 28, 2020
He told me he loved me.
I said I do.
WE walked beside each other, he held me up
I do
I was wrong
February 9, 2020
No one ever told you that you had to date someone in order to feel complete at some point. You just feel the need of having someone, especially when you have someone that you’re attracted to.
January 8, 2020
This is about the emotional blindside, that point in a relationship where you get comfortable, (sloppy even), let your guard down, with your entire planning system beginning and ending with the other person- and then BOOM!
December 29, 2019
Regardless of how, when or why we have become HIV positive, we must not forget that we are all fighting for the same thing: to empower, to educate and to simply live the best possible life we can.
December 11, 2019
Sex is not a crime. It should be a priority to have laws that keep up with medical science. Laws that allow sexual freedom and are not based on outdated science and sex-negativity. The Canadian law on HIV non-disclosure has simply not gone far enough.
November 18, 2019
After I was diagnosed with HIV I had hard time, like most of us. For me it was a traumatic moment. But after some time, I made the effort to engage and reach out to the HIV community.
November 8, 2019
"To the woman who feels alone, to the woman who doesn’t love herself and to the woman who blames herself: Remember, you are never alone. No, it wasn’t your fault. Never blame yourself. And you are loved more than you will ever know"
November 5, 2019
We’ve all been hurt. You can’t be an adult — or single mum — alive today who hasn’t experienced some kind of emotional pain.
October 28, 2019
“Can I still have a child?” That was one of the first questions I asked after being diagnosed with HIV. It’s a question I am sure doctors hear often.
October 25, 2019
It's not that I didn't try to see what I needed to change before, but I was struggling to see the missing pieces.
October 20, 2019
I live in Australia. I have access to ARVs. I am undetectable. But if I choose to go back to work in my state, I could go to jail and be dragged through mud in the media, stigmatized and criminalised for a virus I cannot pass on.
October 19, 2019
In the middle of love and my status, what path should I take? I knew disclosing would mean two things: either he leaves, or he is stays. And I was not prepared to deal with either.
July 29, 2019
Back then, I thought those around me would simply be supportive or maybe send flowers, like you do when someone you care about gets diagnosed with a life altering condition.
May 17, 2019
I decided to write this article because there is a pleasure gap, meaning most women do not experience orgasm during sex in comparison to their male counterparts and the main question is: why?
May 17, 2019
The reason am writing this piece is because of the ignorance that is out here. Imagine growing up in this new era of HIV treatment and still believing HIV is a killer disease.
May 16, 2019
I have a block, a writer's block but also a sex block. My sex toys are gathering dust, my thoughts aren't lingering on any eroticism, they are gathering dust too.
May 14, 2019
Life without sex. What changed? Everything or a small part, or nothing at all depending on your perspective.
May 3, 2019
For me, realising that the most important aspect of HIV was remembering that 'H' stands for human.
March 15, 2019
It's more like, if I begin to see that person being in my life (even a little), imma let them in on that part.
And it's not because HIV defines who I am; but it most definitely affects how I operate. For instance, what if I get close to that person, and the moment that I tell them I am HIV positive ... they leave?
February 11, 2019
Not to mean that when we use condoms, we don’t get maximum satisfaction, but sometimes, women want to be dicked down, without rubber, with cum dripping off our honey pots.
February 1, 2019
I started to think about the rooms and the spaces that I remembered having good or great sex in and what the atmosphere that surrounded that good or great sex was like.
January 29, 2019
Apparently, society has put the stamp of taboo on the topic of sex. You can hear the gasp of disdain from the crowd as you read.
January 24, 2019
December 17, 2018
I am going to be “ancient” soon according to my 4-year-old granddaughter, and day by day, I am more grateful than I have ever been in my life.
December 1, 2018
A radical safe and sexual space would be one in which I am label-less, one where I wear or carry no words to gain acceptance or to be loved.
November 29, 2018
I thought I would ask, what does sexy look like, smell like, sound like, move like? A sensory visual of what women living with HIV identify as sexy. It sounded like a springboard I could write from to share truly wonderful bits of advice with our Life and Love with HIV community.
November 27, 2018
Generational trauma is evident in many Indigenous peoples’ families, with systemic racism, incarceration, poverty, mental health, and addictions playing a significant role in our ‘not so’ privileged lives. Colonisation, and the impact of colonisation, has affected my family for generations.