7:30 AM: Washington, DC Cyber activist Justin B Terry-Smith, HIV-positive since 2005, fights HIV with his children’s book, I Have a Secret, his video blog “Justin’s HIV Journal,” and by taking his HIV meds.
8:00 AM: San Francisco Dennis, HIV-positive: “My husband Mark (pictured above, who is HIV-negative) and my service dog Buster Bear are my front line support system.
10:20 AM: New Bedford, CT Dr. Richard Ferri, PhD, ANP, ACRN, FAAN: “A day in my life, a poz man, is simple.”
10:30 AM: Chicago Illinois State Representative Greg Harris is one of two openly HIV-positive state legislators in the country.
10:30 AM: Vacaville, CA Phillip was adopted by Amanda Proctor and her partner: “[Phillip’s] biomother was infected during pregnancy and he showed up positive at 6 months old.”
11:22 AM: Chicago David C. Parker: “I’m 47, and have been positive for 17 years. I look at it as a blessing, as it’s taught me so much about myself, other people, and life.”
1:53 PM: San Francisco Suzanne, Jim, and Mathew at Magnet, the lab of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation’s gay men’s health center.
4:30 PM: The Castro, San Francisco Lee Hawn: “As an HIVnegative supporter of my friends, family, and colleagues who have HIV, I celebrate daily my connection to them.”
5:30 PM: Eugene, Oregon Cree Gordon, 26, has been HIV-positive for more than six years; his friend Mathias is negative: “I call my picture, ‘Opposites Attract.’”
7:00 PM: New York City Jack Mackenroth, HIVpositive: “I wore that shirt for the entire day. I believe that visibility is the key to fighting the stigma of HIV.”
7:00 PM: Washington, DC Courtney Hinton and Raul Posas co-host the Metro Teen AIDS REALTalkDC Fashion Show.
7:26 PM: Costa Mesa, CA Ian-Mathew Alvarez: “This picture of me (shaved head), my husband Travis, and my mom Rosie was taken at a lounge called The Tin Lizzie Saloon.”
8:00 PM: Oklahoma City Cody Smith rides the Sizzler at the Oklahoma State Fair, as he celebrates his 26th birthday. This was his first birthday since learning that he is HIVpositive.
10:45 PM: Durham, NC Ron Hudson, 52, HIVpositive 26 years, injects himself with insulin to fight the diabetes he acquired at age 40 while taking ARVs.
11:00 PM: Salem, Oregon Jonathan Reitan, HIVpositive for more than five years, finds comfort from the fatigue and dizziness brought on by his daily meds in the arms of his lover, Jonathon Broadwater, who is HIVnegative.”