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A Year After: Remembering Elisha Henson

When my kids were younger, I often sang to them to put them to sleep. I am not a fan of most lullabies (babies falling out of cradles? Really?), so the songs I usually sang to them were worship songs and/or R&B or pop songs. Often the lyrics had to be modified a bit, but …

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Pass Mina’s Law to Fight Stigma: People with HIV are #NotYourInfection!

(This post was originally published on the Advocacy Without Borders blog here.) “The inspiration behind thi’s post is an amazing 12 year old girl we call Mina.  Mina is a sweet, kind, and awesome kid who brings joy to her family, friends, and all who know her. She is thoughtful, deeply compassionate, and full of …

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The Hypocrisy of “I Stand Sunday”

This whole situation annoys me so much that I actually wasn’t going to even write any blog posts about it. I’ve vented about it on FB, but that was as far as it was going to go. But then a few minutes ago I saw a post online about #IStandSunday written by Phil Robertson of …

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My response to Phil Robertson’s remarks about HIV

(An identical entry is cross-posted on my other blog, Advocacy Without Borders) “Dear Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty, You say that people living with HIV are being “punished by God” for “immoral behavior.” Is that right? You’re not that creative, sir. We’ve heard all of this before, and worse. In fact, I remember the first …

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Bob Frey has just about frayed my last nerve…more HIV stigma

(Note: a similar version is cross-posted on my advocacy blog: http://advocacywithoutborders.org/2014/07/a-laypersons-response-to-hiv-stigma.html) HIV stigma can be found almost anywhere.  Bob Frey is currently an aspiring candidate for the position of Minnesota House of Representatives; read what he said earlier this month and HIV and also about the LGBTQ community:    ??? HIV 101 according to aspiring Minnesota …

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Advocacy efforts for an undeserved death

(FYI, this post on my personal blog is identical to a post with the same name that I published on my advocacy blog: http://AdvocacyWithoutBorders.com/, and it has also been featured on the Positive Women’s Network-USA’s website, available for viewing here.) Greetings everyone, Perhaps you are aware of the tragic May 2014 murder of Elisha Henson, a …

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Your HIV+ Child is Going to Grow Up and Have Sex One Day

Photo credit: Telegraph.org.uk You may not want to face it.  Heck, I don’t know if I want to face it. Because that means accepting kids grow up. But they do, and they will. Mine, yours, and theirs. They don’t stay babies forever. They grow up. And one thing that happens to (most) people when they …

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