Judge A. Melissa Boyd’s struggles were real, but so were her courage, service, and historic achievements. Her life was bigger than her challenges, and her legacy deserves to be remembered. It has taken me all day to bring myself to say Rest in Peace to my dear friend, Judge A. Melissa Boyd. Never did I
There was a time when an HIV diagnosis was often viewed as the end of a person’s future. It carried fear, uncertainty, and a stigma that isolated countless people from their families, communities, and even themselves. Today, medicine has changed. Science has changed. But for many people, stigma has not. That reality is exactly why