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I know the magazine used a less shocking photo but I feel it’s time to show the damage that was done. One decision lead to so many scars. They tell a story. A story that I hope encourages others to keep fighting in this thing called life…….
#EndTheStigma toy drive year 3
The #ENDTHESTIGMA Toy Drive, which benefited the Pediatric Ward at Southeast Georgia Health System, was recently held at Golden Isles Olive Oil on St. Simons Island. The toy drop locations were provided by GIOO, McGinty Gordon, Toy Box Cars, Southern Hanger, and Hey Girl Closet. iHeartRadio 103Q provided Christmas music by Jeff “JW” Doke. The […]
Aids United Blog
MAY01 My HIV diagnosis helped me find my life passion Social media and DJing don’t usually come to mind when you think of HIV and AIDS activism. So, let me start from the beginning. November 1984 I made my way into the world a month early. Three months later it was discovered I had a […]
How This Poz DJ Spun Into Action
LONG-TERM SURVIVORS How This Poz DJ Spun Into Action He may be slim but this poz Georgia DJ is having an outsized impact. By Jacob Anderson-Minshall DECEMBER 15 2017 1:14 AM EST As the new millennium dawned in 2000, then 16-year-old Derek Canas, who had been sick most of his life, learned he was HIV-positive — […]
Activist to host toy drive for ill children
Activist to host toy drive for ill children By LINDSEY ADKISON ladkison@thebrunswicknews.com Buy Now Local activist Derek Canas makes a speech during the College of Coastal Georgia’s event displaying the AIDS Memorial Quilt quilt display in 2016. Canas is holding a toy drive for area children who are in local hospitals. Derek Canas knows all […]
Ten Sexiest Straight Men Living With HIV In 2014
Ten Sexiest Straight Men Living With HIV In 2014 Posted on December 24, 2014 1. Bob Bowers aka One Tough Pirate (San Francisco, CA) Bowers outreach educates, raises awareness, fights stigma, and perhaps most importantly, invokes compassion, hope, and affirmative change on our planet. Infected in 1983 from a one-time decision to share a needle, Bob is […]
What It’s Like to Date When You’re Straight and HIV Positive
What It’s Like to Date When You’re Straight and HIV Positive The cruelty from prospective partners can be heartbreaking. S.E. Smith Jun 29 2017, 2:00pm Joshua Middleton/Nestor Rogel More than one million people in the United States have HIV, and the CDC estimates that one in seven don’t even know it. While HIV is far from the […]