Tag "Positivity"

Our Stories 22 Comments

MAYBE TOMORROW

The last time I told a story about life, I was graduating from school, HIV positive and full of hope, riding off into the sunset with a boyfriend who loved

Our Stories 9 Comments

IT IS ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS

December 1st is World AIDS Day. December is also the month I learned the bit of information that changed my life forever, making this month of 2020 the eighth anniversary

Opinion Pieces 2 Comments

Opinion: The Privilege of Positivity

Yesterday, a friend on social media challenged me to “only post positive messages for one whole day.” It felt like part social media campaign and part gentle personal scolding: you’re

Our Stories 19 Comments

THE VALLEY OF SHADOW OF DEATH

Some people were born with a silver spoon, some others with a rubber spoon. Unfortunately, I came around the time when all the spoons were exhausted. All my years growing

Poetry 6 Comments

Life Is A Short Smile

I met a lady during my years of torture She said to me: If my child identifies as gay He will die. Why? I asked. She replied: The mental torture

Series (Non-Fiction) 25 Comments

AS I LIVE: 4 (Unexpected Beautiful II)

I am not afraid of anything in this moment. I cannot think of anything else. Somehow I feel normal. Maybe it is the incessant kissing Jesse is showering on me

Series (Non-Fiction) 44 Comments

The +++ Journals: Entry X (The Positivity In Positive)

About six weeks ago, the numbers 471 became my worst nightmare but also my biggest motivator. I was gutted by my CD4 count mostly because I was not expecting it

Series (Non-Fiction) 29 Comments

The +++ Journals: Entry IX

Here’s to Love, Sex and a Little Bit of Positivity… The sex cycle of a gay positive man most times, well at least according to Temi’s dictionary, goes thus: ‘Initially