Living with HIV - Positive Action

HIV Lives

For someone living with HIV feeling alone with ones troubles can be difficult. The HIV Lives website shares real life stories about the realities of living with HIV and is a useful tool, providing a more personal perspective.

Learning You Have HIV

If you have just been diagnosed as HIV positive, you are likely to be experiencing a huge range of emotions: feeling scared and lonely, or just numb. It is almost always a life changing experience and can bring very positive change as well as more challenges to life. Rest assured most people find a way to manage their status and it just becomes a part of daily life

There’s a huge amount of support out there for people newly diagnosed; not least from Positive Action itself for those living in our area. There are many online resources too.

Information for men

Regardless of your sexual orientation the links below will provide information and advice for men.

Information for women

For women living with HIV there are many reproductive choices that need to be navigated. For more specific and relevant information follow one of the following links.

HIV and the Law

The law in the UK is constantly evolving and changing with regards to the prosecution of individuals who are alledged to have infected another person with HIV. “Court cases in England, Wales and Scotland have seen the criminal prosecution of individuals who have infected their sexual partners with HIV. It has only recently in law become established that it is a crime to give someone HIV and therefore the legal position could still change.”

It is our recomendation that you access the following organisations to gain a clearer picture of what the current legal position is.