HIV Plus Editors

Beyond just taking your antiretroviral medication. 

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Annointed fashion's mysterious go-to designer, Viktor Luna took a step outside of his own closet, coming out as HIV-positive on Project Runway All-Stars. After the media blitz ensued, Luna stepped back from the limelight, for a calmer life in California — and some serious fashion lines in 2016 and 2017. Now he's joining a campaign to combat HIV stigma and talks about finding his own perfect work-life balance. Plus: Our annual special section: Just Diagnosed? We offer dozens of things you need to know in the days and months after learning you are now living with HIV.

Born with HIV, Ashley Rose Murphy has been an activist since she was in elementary school. She fought mild cerebral palsy, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, and a learning disability — as well as HIV stigma — to become a kickass 19-year-old activist, a long-term survivor, and a Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation ambassador. Meanwhile, Poz diplomat Michael Varga was given months to live (in the 1990s). Instead, the former State Department employee continues to thrive.  Plus: Experts offer 15 things you need to know about HIV & aging.