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HIV and aging at CROI
‘There are many added layers and dimensions to consider’
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Sex, love, and dating over 60 with HIV
Sex, love, and dating over 60 with HIV
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Editor's note May+Jun 2022
The state of HIV and aging
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This time for Alexandra Billings
The accomplished actor talks about her new memoir, and how there are gifts in chaos
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Positively Aging: Measuring isolation and loneliness
There are a number of ways to look at support
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Straight, living with HIV, and invisible
“HIV don’t care if you are black or white, or straight or gay.” —Eunice Marshall
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Editor's Note Nov+Dec 2021
Communities left behind
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The passing of a pioneer
An early leader in the research of aging and HIV, Stephen Karpiak, PhD, passed on Oct. 16
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Living your best life with HIV
You have your whole life ahead of you. What to know, and what to consider
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Let's get physical!
Fall schedule of exercise classes for LGBTQ+ and /or older adults with HIV
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The Category Is July+August 2021
Long-term realness
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Positively Aging: Four tips for older adults aging with HIV
Feeling lonely or isolated is no fun—and isn’t good for your health either
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Being Bridgette
Too young to be this old
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Positively Aging MAY+JUNE 2021
Not having as much sex? You’re not alone
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Editor's Note MAY+JUNE 2021
The flipside of aging
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Trying my best at 50 (and beyond)
A 20-plus-year HIV survivor shares his six-point plan for feeling and living well after 50
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Reprocessing trauma with EMDR
A therapeutic technique with potential to support long-term HIV survivors
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Creating spaces of care
Two programs help gay men of color living with HIV weave new social connections in older age
![Positively Aware: Finding Black pleasure Positively Aware: Finding Black pleasure](https://www.positivelyaware.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_3_2/public/images/Finding-Black-pleasure-%282400x800px%29.jpg?itok=UZHyWNgn)
Finding Black pleasure
‘Growing up poz’ is just one aspect of this young Black queer long-term survivor’s journey
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Fighting to stay well behind the walls
Two pandemics meet within the broken U.S. prison health system
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Dangerous crossroads
A therapist and long-term survivor surveys the intersections of addiction, isolation, COVID-19, and aging with HIV
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Weathering many storms
A clinical psychologist examines the physical effects of discrimination and other traumas
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Layers of resilience
Two transgender activists of color share how they support their communities—and themselves
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Support for the journey
Three women’s unique perspectives on long-term HIV survival
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Note from the Guest Editors
Surviving two pandemics
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Positively Aging
Still advocating after all these years
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Positively Aging: The community needs more
The HIV community should not marginalize long-term survivors
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Positively Aging: The San Francisco Principles
Advocates issue new declaration for a new era
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Briefly: Nov+Dec 2020
Generic Truvada now available in U.S.
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Observations of an HIV doc
HIV care focuses on healthy aging, not just younger people
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Positively Aging: 'We have to keep on being persistent.’
Veteran AIDS activist talks about facing the coronavirus pandemic from the perspective of a long-term survivor of HIV.
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Positively Aging: The Life-Saving Power of Connection
Things long-term survivors of HIV can do to thrive in the era of COVID-19
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Positively Aging: Connecting past to future
Long-term survivors share their stories, discuss strategies for the year ahead
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Briefly
Pregnancy and dolutegravir; AIDS Quilt finds a new home; survey on women living with HIV; and more
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Positively Aging: Cross-generational collaboration
Coming together for HIV advocacy
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Employ This Advice
The Reunion Project Feedback Report
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Positively Aging: Bringing Work Back to Life
Advocating for employment health
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Briefly
Biktarvy and antacids. Descovy FDA hearing. Updated guidelines for transgender individuals. Biktarvy and kids. PrEP4Love. Michael Johnson freed.
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The Conversation
Changing with age. Getting the HIV Drug Guide in print.
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Editor's Note
Note to my younger self.
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Positively Aging: A night that was ‘For All Ages’
Older and younger folks living with HIV share their experiences
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Addressing the needs of older adults living with HIV
Embracing a too often abandoned population
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‘I get knocked down, and I get up again’
—but I could use a little support
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The activists
Three advocates on developing resilience for communities of people living and aging with HIV
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Your body as it ages
What to watch for, and the steps you can take to improve the way you age with HIV
![Positively Aware Guest Editor Theo Smart Positively Aware Guest Editor Theo Smart](https://www.positivelyaware.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_3_2/public/images/Guest-Editor%27s-Note-%282400x800px%29.jpg?itok=uBLf2UTU)
Guest Editor’s Note
Changing how we age
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Positively Aging: New era, new needs
TPAN’s new program offers support for older adults with HIV
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The Conversation: May+June 2019
‘Generations’ of survivors.
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Positively Aging: Beginnings
New collaboration focuses on practical solutions for long-term survivors and older adults living with HIV
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The Next Generation of Long-Term Survivors
A decade after testing positive, David Durán reflects on his life with HIV
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Editor's Note: Jan+Feb 2019
Old Barriers, New Horizons
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Agenda for survival
The Reunion Project seeks to build an HIV research agenda for long-term survivors
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I'm still here
HIV long-term survivors need more than just to be able to survive.
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Aging, and Thriving, with HIV
TPAN forum brings together long-term survivors
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Sister, Sister
Long-term survival is a story of love and loss.
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Discovering Resilience
Reducing the impact of psychosocial stressors on long-term survivors
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Unintended Consequences of AIDS Survival
A special report looks at past, present, and future concerns
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From The Guest Editors
Telling the story of Our Golden Years
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All Systems Go
Three organ systems affected by aging, medications, and HIV
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Not So Fast
Do people with HIV really experience accelerated aging?
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Jesse Peel is Aging Swimmingly
How one retiree is still making a splash in his 70s
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Hell In A Hot Flash?
Facts and perspectives on menopause and HIV
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Can Older People Get Some...Satisfaction?
Three older adults living with HIV share insights on love, sex, and dating
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For Me And My Brother
Black gay activists from two generations discuss HIV and leading a movement
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Alone Time
Two long-term survivors discuss the risks of social isolation
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Transforming Lives
How the medical community can help transgender women living with HIV reach their golden years.
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Long Term Thrivers
The Reunion Project in Palm Springs examines the issues faced by long-term survivors
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The Cost of Long-Term Survival
New Fears Evolving with Age
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The Conversation Jan+Feb 2015
What are the 3 biggest issues facing long-term survivors of HIV/AIDS?