| Divas: Latinas and black women who are HIV positive and over 50 |
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| Saturday, 17 May 2008 | |
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By SALLY SARA Patricia Clouden dresses in a whirl of color, from her bright African dress to her shiny green toenail polish. She is a grandmother of eight who gets noticed in her Harlem neighborhood and is not afraid to speak her mind. “I’m not a ‘Yes, ma’am’ no more,” she told a group of about a dozen women seated around a boardroom table one recent afternoon. “I’m a warrior.” Ms. Clouden was not speaking at a corporate team-building event but at a meeting of the Divas, a support group made up of African-American and Hispanic women over 50 who are H.I.V. positive. Many of these women contracted the virus from unfaithful partners, or from lacking the self-esteem to demand safe sex. The Divas, one of many support groups organized through Iris House, an AIDS service center in Harlem, is, more than anything, about rebuilding that self-esteem. READ MORE: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/nyregion/18divas.html?ref=nyregion               |
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