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The Talk: Thriving with HIV


The Talk: Thriving with HIV

Four HIV-positive individuals share how you can find purpose in your diagnosis and thrive with HIV.

For the final episode of the fourth season of Plus’s video series, “The Talk,” we sit back down with Bryan, Morris, Mark, and Milan to discuss how to thrive while living with HIV. From realizing your life’s purpose to being reminded that you’re still living, your life is just beginning with your diagnosis. “I think that learning my diagnosis gave me clarity in life,” Award-Winning HIV Activist & Cancer Survivor Bryan C. Jones shares. “It defines the work that I do and I tend to call it living in purpose.” All four of these remarkable individuals have made HIV advocacy their mission, finding a new beginning in life once they were diagnosed. That new beginning has yielded them an abundance of happiness. And they’re passing that along to make the journey a little easier for anyone who has just begun. “I know what my distinct purpose is and that is helping other people,” Bryan explains. “It has caused me to thrive and live a greater life.” Watch the video to learn more.

Learn more about their journey and others atHIVPlusMag.com/TheTalk.

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Nic Austin is passionate about providing a platform in media for the LGBTQ+ community. He strives to tell stories about his community through the leading LGBTQ+ publications in the country. His mission is to amplify marginalized LGBTQ+ voices through partnerships with prominent brands and leaders in our community.


A graduate from NYU Tisch, Nic Austin has always connected with the written word and its ability to change minds. He has applied this love for writing to analyzing LGBTQ+ media and how the LGBTQ+ community has been represented on screen. Before working as an Editor at equalpride, Nic Austin was the Editor-in-chief of The Queer Queue and the co-host of both The Queer Queue Podcast and The Queerly News. In his spare time, Nic Austin writes film criticism while enjoying the mountain views of Denver, Colorado.