Stories by Alexander Cheves

After 5 Years With HIV, Here Are 12 Things I Would Tell Someone Who Just Tested Positive

Five years with HIV isn’t a long time, but it’s longer than many HIV-positive people survived in the past. I remember being 21, barely old enough to go to a bar without a fake ID, and getting a phone call from the student clinic a week or so after getting[…]

‘To the Guys I’ve Shamed for Using Condoms, I’m Sorry’

In this sponsored piece by HEX Condoms by LELO, Alex Cheves explores how sex-positivity and fearlessness isn’t stripped by putting on a condom