"You Can't Love Another Without Loving Yourself!"
How many times have we heard that phrase? In music, in film, on RuPaul's drag race, in classical literature, the sentiment is everywhere. Love Your Life is an HIV awareness campaign to celebrate the life in living, and to celebrate the notion that every moment counts, that every second is beautiful, and that we are strong women who have the power to love our lives and shine. Self-care is a huge part of that, and knowing your HIV Status is critical. At Iris House, we offer free, confidential and rapid HIV Testing five days a week at any of our three locations in New York and New Jersey, and can often be found in the community testing on weekends. Come join us, get tested and know your status. If you're negative, we can help you stay that way. If you're positive, we've got amazing connections and support programs. Either way, we can help you love your life, because that's what it's all about! Love Your Life is an HIV Awareness and Testing Campaign produced in concert with Voces Latinas, supported by a grant by ViiV Healthcare and designed by Duane Cramer Creative.
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Love Your Life!Join the Love Your Life Support Group!
The Love Your Life Support Group is a virtual group for women living with HIV across the United States. Women can access this group either through the phone (cellphone or landline) or through Zoom. In this support group, trained professionals will be facilitating discussions about a series of topics, including HIV treatment, disclosure, relationships, sex, stigma, family, empowerment, mental health, and more. The Love Your Life Support Group will take place on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month from 7:00pm – 8:00pm Eastern Time (6:00pm – 7:00pm Central Time; 5:00pm – 6:00pm Mountain Time; 4:00pm – 5:00pm Pacific Time). If you are interested in participating in the group, you must fill out an intake form. Please note that the information you provide in this form will be completely confidential and will not be shared with any other members of the group. After you complete this form, you will be given information about how to access the support group. Click here to fill out the intake form online. If you have any further questions or would prefer to complete your intake over the phone, please contact Veronica Karp ([email protected], 203-300-4363). A great resource for information on HIV is the Kaiser Family Foundation, which provided the statistics on this page. You can read more about women and HIV on their website.
The US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also has some amazing information you can read about here. If you are not in New York or New Jersey and are looking for great resources for women and HIV, check out our Love Your Life Partners Voces Latinas National Minority AIDS Council of Orangburg, Bamberg and Calhoun Counties The Afiya Center or visit some of our other sister agencies: The National Women and AIDS Collective The Positive Women's Network Sister Love (Atlanta, Georgia) Christie's Place (San Diego, California) Planned Parenthood |