“I live with impossible stress when I have to spend two days with my family” – Libération

How do we experience our sexuality when we are under 35 and HIV positive at a time when the AIDS years are supposed to be far behind us? For “Libé”, they talk about how HIV turned their lives and their intimacy upside down. In the second episode of our series, Mariama, 34, shares her fear of discussing her HIV status with her loved ones and sexual partners.

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The AIDS years are supposed to be behind us. However, according to the Aides association, who celebrates his 40th birthday this fall in collaboration with Libé during a large gathering of conferences on November 30preconceived ideas about HIV and HIV-positive people are stubborn. In her testimony, Mariama (1), 34 years old, home help in the Paris region, recounts how she begins to regain sexuality one year after her diagnosis.

“I volunteer for an AIDS NGO, so I’m used to getting tested regularly. I am also an asylum seeker. In September 2023, I have been on French territory for a year. So I do another health check in a laboratory. This is where I discovered my HIV status. At the moment, it’s really difficult, I don’t believe it and I don’t accept this diagnosis which comes overnight. It is