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#41 of Our Most Amazing HIV-Positive People of 2016: Loren Jones

This long-term survivor's difficult journey serves as inspiration for others facing similar barriers to care.

27 Things Everyone Needs to Know About HIV

In the first few weeks after finding out you are HIV-positive, you’ll have a lot of basic questions and you’ll need some straightforward answers to help stay healthy, protect yourself and others, and move forward with what should be a long, happy life.

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PHOTOS: What 50+ Looks Like When You're HIV-Positive

Traveling art exhibit shares the words and faces of people living with HIV long past their 50th birthday. Showing in Chicago this weekend.

No. 20 of 20 Most Amazing HIV-Positive Women: Jacqueline Williams

Working as a receptionist at one of the world’s largest HIV organizations has let this activist walk her talk.

No. 19 of 20 Most Amazing HIV-Positive Women: Jessica Whitbread

This amazing organizer and activist might be making her biggest dent with old fashioned tea parties — with a modern twist.

No. 17 of 20 Most Amazing HIV-Positive Women: Maria Mejia

This Latina activist has given lesbians with HIV a voice and given a face to women affected by the epidemic, a rarity in the media and beyond.

No. 18 of 20 Most Amazing HIV-Positive Women: Lisa Tiger

Poz since the 1980s, Lisa Tiger has used education and storytelling to show what it's like to be a Native American living with HIV today — and to push others to include Native traditions in the testing to treatment care continuum.

No. 16 of 20 Most Amazing HIV-Positive Women: Kia Michelle Benbow (a.k.a. Kia Labeija)

Cofounder of the artists’ collective #GenAIDS, this artist utilize art to connect with the younger generation and popular culture, pushing for an artistic revival in which the reflection of HIV and AIDS is not about fear and death but rather celebration of life. 

No. 15 of 20 Most Amazing HIV-Positive Women: Vanessa Johnson

The national training and leadership director for the Positive Women’s Network-USA has had an impact on numerous organizations.

No. 14 of 20 Most Amazing HIV-Positive Women: Valerie Reyes–Jimenez

This grassroots activist has become an expert in the intersection of HIV and homelessness.

No. 13 of 20 Most Amazing HIV-Positive Women: Mary Bowman

Seeing Mary Bowman on stage is a life changer for many young people with HIV.

No. 11 0f 20 Most Amazing HIV-Positive Women: Monique Howell-Moree

This memoirist is busy combatting HIV stigma and health inequality in rural South Carolina.

No. 12 of 20 Most Amazing HIV-Positive Women: Gina Brown

This social worker and activist has impacted others with HIV far beyond her own Louisiana community.

No. 10 of 20 Most Amazing HIV-Positive Women: Michelle Anderson

She's still the world’s reigning HIV-positive beauty queen.

No. 9 of 20 Most Amazing HIV-Positive Women: Dawn Averitt

Millions of women rely on Dawn Averitt's Well Project every year making her impact way beyond what anyone had expected decades ago.

No. 8 of 20 Most Amazing HIV-Positive Women: Linda Scruggs

This mother of four kids has spoken about HIV in front of heads of state (including former president Bill Clinton), been honored by President Obama, and traveled to remote villages in South Africa to talk about HIV.

No. 7 of 20 Most Amazing HIV-Positive Women: Laurel Sprague

This research powerhouse has focused on the resiliency and capability of people, particularly when faced with stigma and discrimination, criminalization, and human rights abuses. And she somehow manages to do this tough work with an enduring smile on her face.

No. 6 of 20 Most Amazing HIV-Positive Women: Waheedah Shabazz-El

A fierce advocate for women living with HIV, this 50-plus African-American Muslim woman and retired U.S. postal worker is a force to be reckoned with.

No. 5 of 20 Most Amazing HIV-Positive Women: Tommy Luckett

This agitator is making real change in Arkansas and the rest of the U.S.

No. 4 of 20 Most Amazing HIV-Positive Women: Cecilia Chung

This trans activist has fought relentlessly to keep transgender women at the center of national and local HIV prevention and care strategies.