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Project KengiKAT

Shruti Kalra — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:00:22 +0000

Project KengiKAT is a social networking site. Readers can create an account to blog, post pictures, and chat with other members. It was started by Kengi, a man who was homeless in Los Angeles, CA, for about two years. Kengi also maintains a blog as a way to raise awareness about issues that he has experienced, including his diagnosis with HIV in 2008. Along with many videos and pictures of his life, Kengi posts about “Do Something Saturday,” an outreach program designed to help the homeless population, low income families, seniors, and children.

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My Fabulous Disease

Salina Yuan — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:13:01 +0000

This video blog by Mark S. King, an HIV patient since 1985, highlights his life as an HIV-positive, gay, recovering meth addict. In his blog entries, which are updated about once a month, King candidly deals with each of these aspects of his life. And while he tracks the progress of his treatments and his diagnosis status, King also manages to inject lighthearted fun and humor into his posts. From his brownie recipe to his open discussion of his sex life as an HIV positive gay man, King lets it be known that his condition does not take full control of his life, a mindset that he wishes to also convey to his readers.

Who’s Positive Journal

Shruti Kalra — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:12:07 +0000

Who’s Positive is a non-profit organization that started out as an outreach program for youth, but now spreads awareness about HIV/AIDS. Their Web site also serves as a place for HIV-positive individuals to share their experiences and to support one another. The organization has a journal that is regularly updated by the founding member of the organization.

Still Arriving

Salina Yuan — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:10:49 +0000

This blog features James McLarty-Lopes, a 27 year-old HIV-positive patient, who posts biweekly about his disease, side effects, medication regimen, and his general feelings. He gives advice through his own experiences about how newly diagnosed patients can come to terms with HIV and how HIV/AIDS patients do not have to let their condition lower the value and quality of their lives. He also discusses political factors like the health care debate. Lopes has recently admitted that along with being HIV positive he is also trying to recover from crystal meth addiction.

HIV This Week

The AIDS Beacon Staff — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:10:03 +0000

Managed by the Chief Scientific Advisor to UNAIDS, this is a monthly journal blog that touches on key HIV/AIDS news and issues from cases all over the world from a factual standpoint, while also presenting various community, national, global, and faith-based responses. HIV This Week also discusses a variety of other aspects of the disease, including dealing with pediatric HIV/AIDS, human rights and ethics, social exclusion, and the cost of HIV treatments.

Regan’s POZ Blog

Salina Yuan — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:08:47 +0000

Regan Hofmann, editor-in-chief of POZ magazine and POZ.com, has been a national leader in promoting HIV/AIDS awareness and education ever since she appeared on the April 2006 cover of POZ. In that issue, Hofmann disclosed her HIV-positive status publicly for the first time since her diagnosis in 1996. In her blog, which she updates about once a week, she discusses various issues associated with HIV/AIDS, including the criminalization of people living with HIV and politics involving the disease, in order to advance HIV/AIDS awareness in ways that do not only deal with the straight facts about the disease. She also blogs about the various HIV/AIDS events that she attends.

My Journey with AIDS

Salina Yuan — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:07:31 +0000

Kenn Chaplin, a Canadian living near Montreal, was diagnosed with HIV in 1989 and has since weathered various AIDS-related illnesses, depression, and a recent diagnosis of bipolar disorder. What was meant to be a letter to a dying friend in 1993 is now a weekly blog that encompasses Chaplin’s retrospective struggles with coming out about his HIV-positive status, dealing with AIDS and the life-threatening illnesses and depression that followed, as well as his current thoughts on certain policies, treatments, and research. Besides blogging about HIV/AIDS, Chaplin discusses his favorite music and poetry as well as other political spheres, such as environmentalism.