Reposted by @katie6817.bsky.socialThe Well Project @thewellprojecthiv.bsky.social · 29/04/2026People of #trans experience are being targeted at alarming rates. Holding up their stories and creating space for visibility matters more than ever. "If I couldn't live as my true self, I know I wouldn't be here today – and most trans people feel the same way." @katie6817.bsky.social #AGirlLikeMethewellproject.orgSympathy for the ... Devil?I live in terror every day because my community, the transgender community, is being demonized and attacked by the government meant to protect us and the Christian community meant to love us. 021
Reposted by @katie6817.bsky.socialThe Well Project @thewellprojecthiv.bsky.social · 04/06/2026"Representation matters in studies and for many people, just knowing that a study includes 'people like me' builds trust in the outcomes and may support greater participation." @katie6817.bsky.social, community advisory board member Read on for more insights from the US #HIV Cure Research Academy ⤵️thewellproject.orgConsiderations of Sex and Gender: A Recap from the 2nd US HIV Cure Research Academy"In summary, sex and gender both impact a variety of health outcomes. Representation will allow the identification of important differences and may point to better treatment pathways." 011
Reposted by @katie6817.bsky.socialThe Well Project @thewellprojecthiv.bsky.social · 12/03/2026"I wanted to learn more about the women who have been involved in the movement against this pandemic from the beginning and celebrate and honor them." @katie6817.bsky.social #AGirlLikeMe In honor of #NWGHAAD and #WomensHistoryMonth, learn about #RuthCokerBurks - helping to #endHIVstigma since 1984.thewellproject.orgA Woman Named RuthMarch 10th is NWGHAAD (National Women's and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day), and this is also Women's History Month, so I would like to tell you about one woman in particular who was called "the Cemeter... 011
Reposted by @katie6817.bsky.socialThe Well Project @thewellprojecthiv.bsky.social · 09/10/2025#USCHA 2025 took place in Washington DC this past September, with a theme of #Aging With #HIV. In this piece @katie6817.bsky.social writes about the session "Unlearning Survival: Mental Health and the Burdened Woman", a new perspective on trauma, #mentalhealth, #selfcare and unexpectedly #pleasure ⤵️thewellproject.orgUnderstanding the Burdened Woman: A Recap from USCHA 2025"We focus on our health but often that’s not enough. What about living a full life in every sense? Women are burdened with many responsibilities and traumas." 031
katie6817.bsky.social @katie6817.bsky.social · 01/07/2025blogs.webmd.com/hiv/20250701...blogs.webmd.com25 Years With HIVIt’s hard to believe this month marks 25 years since my HIV diagnosis. That’s a quarter century y’all!. I’m only 52, so I’ve lived nearly half of my life with HIV. 010
katie6817.bsky.social @katie6817.bsky.social · 17/06/2025blogs.webmd.com/hiv/20250617...blogs.webmd.comLiving with HIV in the Rural SouthLiving with HIV can be challenging anywhere. But stigma can be devastatingly severe in small communities where privacy is more infringed, services can be limited and difficult to access, and the disea... 000
Reposted by @katie6817.bsky.socialVic Firth @vicfirth.bsky.social · 04/06/2025This month and every month we stand with the LGBTQIA+ community #pride #loveislove 132
katie6817.bsky.social @katie6817.bsky.social · 06/05/2025blogs.webmd.com/hiv/20250506...blogs.webmd.comHIV & LonelinessPeople who live with HIV can experience a range of emotions, such as depression, anger, sadness, anxiety, and fear. But loneliness is the most common. 010
katie6817.bsky.social @katie6817.bsky.social · 02/04/2025blogs.webmd.com/hiv/20250401...blogs.webmd.comReturn of the AIDS Crisis?I’ve always believed the stigma around HIV is more damaging than the disease itself, thanks to modern medicine. But we may have just crossed into a new era. 000
Reposted by @katie6817.bsky.socialThe Well Project @thewellprojecthiv.bsky.social · 31/03/2025“If you truly hear my message, please share it, find any way you can to resist and fight back, fight for me, because when they're done with me and my community, they'll come for you and yours.” @katie6817.bsky.social #agirllikeme #transdayofvisibility #tdov www.thewellproject.org/a-girl-like-...thewellproject.orgLetter to My RepresentativeI couldn't bring myself to go to Washington right now because my fear and anxiety as a transgender woman and my anger and bitterness towards my representatives was too strong for me to handle. So I mu... 021
katie6817.bsky.social @katie6817.bsky.social · 11/03/2025blogs.webmd.com/hiv/20250311...blogs.webmd.comSex and HIVSex and HIV, two words that together invoke fear in many people. But I’m here to tell you why it’s not necessary to fear HIV, or sex with someone who lives with HIV. 000
katie6817.bsky.social @katie6817.bsky.social · 09/03/2025I’m totally down for this idea, I sincerely don’t think we’ll ever get our country back without war, and the next civil war will be the next world war, but if this war doesn’t happen then America is doomed to become a fascist nation. So, who’s going to be the first to succeed the Union? 000
katie6817.bsky.social @katie6817.bsky.social · 15/02/2025So what Jesus do you serve, red letter Jesus or republican Jesus? 000