“It won’t happen to me.”

WAKE UP! It's a fact that a great number of people who have tested HIV positive, are still sexually active. They often experience feelings of despair, hopelessness, denial and even fatalism. Some plunge into sexual activity with a vengeance. Some turn bitter. This is not to condemn those individuals; who knows how we would act, but many who know they are carriers, are very active sexually. And many overwhelmed with their own distress are not protecting their partners. Some go so far as to hide it from them.

THIS REALLY HAPPENS! You see, this is not hearsay. I worked as a correctional officer in a male facility for several years and it always amazed me to see an inmate living as a gay man amongst his peers, go to a convalescent visit with his wife as if it were nothing. I'm not judging anybody. There is a point that I'm trying to make here. It's about the things we take for granted. And it's a fact that stuff happens sometimes.

GO TOGETHER AND GET TESTED! Cause like my girl Rae Lewis-Thornton said...if it ain't in your pocket, then you don't know where it's been! And that's the truth. Maybe your man shared tattoo needles. Innocent enough, but a potentially deadly decision just the same. So if it's a ride that you feel you just have to take, make sure he's willing to take the test. As a matter of fact go together and get tested. It'll help put his mind at ease about your status too. I'm just sayin.