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Blogging Your HIV

“I would have to say one of the greatest tools to help me live with HIV has been the ability to write and share my experience of how it is to live with this disease… by blogging I found a way to express my feelings and create a community of people who could either identify what I was going through or find knowledge of how it was to live with HIV.

Expressing ourselves has many healthy benefits and leads you to a greater place of wellness and acceptance of your HIV status” 

-Aundaray Guess, Poz contributor, on how to start blogging.

The Night Don Lemon Hugged Me

We talked about HIV stigma and Madonna lighting. He shared a story of seeing an AIDS patient on a New York City street years ago. I interjected my new favorite topic, the injustice of HIV criminalization. We were two very different men comfortable in our own skin, who refused to allow shame a place at the table.

Read more of Mark S. King’s blog : http://blogs.poz.com/marksking/2012/12/don_lemon.html