Shelter

I’m back! Sorry for the delay in getting something new up here. For my first post back, I am going to write about this incredible movie that my housemate introduced me to recently. Shelter Shelter is a story about love and finding one’s self.  Zach (Trevor Wright) has let go of his dream of art [...]

A note from Kelly

Following on from Jesse’s post about disclosing his diagnosis to friends and family, I thought I would share my experiences as being a friend on the receiving end of the news. But first a little background. I had heard quite a bit about Jesse long before I ever met him.  He had a reputation at [...]

Bug Chaser…

I was having a chat with a guy online recently whose only interest was having sex with me, and whilst I would like to say it was because he found me totally irresistible, his reasons were unfortunately based on my HIV positive status. This person indicated that he had never actually had sex, and he [...]

How’d I get here?

Who I am Well I guess I start by introducing myself, and the reason I have decided to create this blog. My name is Jesse and I’m a 22-year-old gay guy with HIV (I’ll get to that bit later). I grew up in Canberra, Australia; literally in the same house until I was 17 years [...]

Hope In Vastitude

In 4 days it will be one year since I was given my equivocal result and my life changed forever. What a year it has been! From the time I was diagnosed I knew I wanted to provide some kind of support for people newly diagnosed with this disease as well as their friends and [...]