worldaidsday

as we close out #AIDSAwareness week and on this 30th annual observance of world aids day, we are reminded of the powerful and visionary words of queer & aids activist, val russo:

“Someday, the AIDS crisis will be over. Remember that. And when that day comes - when that day has come and gone, there’ll be people alive on this earth - gay people and straight people, men and women, black and white, who will hear the story that once there was a terrible disease in this country and all over the world, and that a brave group of people stood up and fought and, in some cases, gave their lives, so that other people might live and be free.”

VAL RUSSO

1946 - 1990

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1 December, 2018

There are a plethora of things that made me the woman I am today. Growing up, I didn’t have the comfort & the environment that gave me the tools to express my identity as Black queer woman living with HIV in the south.

Not only do feel I defied social norms, but I put in play that I am more than just Black, queer, HIV positive, but I am an equal if not equivalent of a queen.

Lisa, She/Her/Hers

Memphis, TN

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30 November, 2018