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As part of The VOICES Project at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Narrative 30 is a trans female, 24 year old, PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) participant speaking about PrEP.

Student interviewing a manager of a pediatrician’s office.

As part of The VOICES Project at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Narrative 33 is a male, 29 year old, PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) participant speaking on initial fears/reservations, motivation, and overcoming medical mistrust.

how my father approached making a tough decision and how it impacted his medical career.

Ramiro DeTraglia explains persevering through life with multiple sclerosis.

Tatiana shares with Mike her story about becoming a nurse and how COVID-19 touched her family. Being an ICU nurse at St. Johns in Santa Monica where her mother was an ICU patient.

I have a conversation about the status of America, the medical field and what’s to come in the following year.

Dayton-area physician Dr. Robert Brandt Jr. and former Ohio Dept. of Health Epidemiologist Lois Hall share their journeys as two principal people in the fight against AIDS in the 1980s and early 1990s in Ohio.

My step-grandma, Christel was born in the Netherlands and moved to America where she became a widower. She then became friends with my late grandma and remarried with my grandpa.

Michele is 53 years old and has HIV. This is her story on how she got it.

Recognizing that we are in the midst of a global pandemic, I feel it incumbent upon me to make a record for posterity of the ground breaking medical work advanced by my husband, Dr. Hamlin Emory. It is my hope...

This was an interview with my nanny. She had a heart attack a couple years ago while working and collapsed, due to the heart attack she had her right leg amputated. About a year later, she was diagnosed with liver,...

My name is Kiley Melean and this is my interview with my grandpa. His name is William McEligott and he is 71 years old. While sitting in his house on Thanksgiving, we discussed his skin issues. Due to unhealthy habits...

Dave and Steve interview each other about growing up Baptist, coming out and HIV-AIDS in Chicago in the '80's and '90's.

As part of The VOICES Project at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Narrative 31 is a male, 28 year old, PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) participant speaking on motivation and condom negotiation.

One of the first openly gay psychologists in the country, who helped to create the first network of LGBT health professionals and mobilize the gay community during the AIDS crisis.

Before there was social media, the LGBTQ community found our heroes and leaders in very few places that were public. We were (and still are) a local community that cling to each other for support and family. One of those...

Brent Johnson and Josh Stucky have become a powerful force for good in the Dayton Ohio area and beyond. They started their social justice drag troupe in their apartment attic and over the last several years have raised more than...

Orbit Clanton (56) tells Eliel Cruz about growing up in Baltimore, MD, joining the navy, realizing he was gay, falling in love, and becoming an HIV activist.

Rev. Dr. Mike Castle shares his journey as an out gay minister living with HIV. Shunned by the Southern Baptists, living with HIV, surviving cancer and a divorce, he has emerged stronger, liberated and determined while leading a church that...

Mark, a 32-year-old freelance artist, musician, and actor living in Santa Fe, New Mexico, talks about being named after a friend of his parents who died of AIDS, and his experience supporting friends with HIV, dating, and as an activist.

Janice Thom (63) tells Reese Rathjen about growing up in a family who was committed to civil rights, working on the New York pride parade, and the work Janice did around HIV advocacy.

An interview with my Girlfriend, Alessandra, about her life and how she adjusted to her new life with kidney failure.

Former Ohio Dept. of Health Epidemiologist Lois Hall and Dayton-are Physician Dr. Robert Brandt Jr. share their thoughts about current HIV treatment and their hopes for the future with regard to HIV.

After a year of being a runner, a heredity heart condition catches up to my dad and is sent to immediate care.