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Victoria Noe
@victorianoe.bsky.social
She/her/hers
Writer (friend grief and HIV/AIDS), speaker, activist.
Taught by Loretto nuns, so don't @ me.
Find me at victorianoe.com
One week from today, Chicago!

There are many ways to be an #HIV ally, an activist. We're excited to talk about this one.
November 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Halloween, 11:00pm, 7th Avenue and 20th Street. New York City never disappoints.
November 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
For some reason I didn't anticipate that my book launch conversations would be half powerful discussions, half group therapy sessions. I DON'T KNOW WHY.

But they're also full of calls to action for the #HIV community. '
These women are #unstoppable

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November 9, 2025 at 3:56 AM
One day more!

Join us at @bgsqd.bsky.social tomorrow night for a lively and important conversation with books and cake!
#HIV #AIDS #womenshealth #activism

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October 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Hey, NYC! It's one week from tonight! Be sure to RSVP and prepare yourself for a lively, fierce discussion.

#HIVsky @bgsqd.bsky.social

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October 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
From the #NoKings rally on the north side of Chicago (Edgewater) yesterday.
October 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
#NoKingsChicago (Edgewater)
October 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
One of my favorite signs, #NoKings Edgewater (Chicago).
October 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"The secret that was meant to shelter us from the stain of HIV/AIDS didn't stop it from bleeding into our lives anyway."
5/5

#HIV #AIDS #memoir #stigma

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October 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Especially if you're doing it all in the public eye.
They live with a level of physical, mental, financial, and spiritual exhaustion that would bring the rest of us to our knees. We can't force them to take their meds, to keep fighting. But we sure wish we could.
4/4
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October 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
She asked her beloved drama teacher if he was going to donate blood, only to have him admit he couldn't. Mo knew he was gay, but didn't understand why that mattered. She did a deep dive online that night, and has been a passionate ally ever since.
2/2
#HIVsky #AIDS

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October 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I'm not sharing a picture of her, nor the link to her Substack. I prefer looking at a picture of Jason Rosenberg at the demo.
One more instance of settled science that not everyone agrees with...
6/6

#AIDS #AIDSdenialism #HIV #womenshealth #booksky

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October 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"...You have to go to them [young women] in the ways that they prefer to be reached…We are the people we fought. We’ve become our own enemies by being entrenched.”

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#HIVsky #AIDS #activism #womenshealth
September 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
But she was determined to do the research to make it accurate. And to ensure one more thing in particular:

“I did not want a funny gay best friend who teaches you how to enjoy life.”

2/2

#booksky #AIDS #HIV #nonfiction

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September 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Definitely not my most popular book, but one I needed to write, in part to process my own #grief.

It's just a shame we spend so much energy determined to forget the trauma of losing so many people during the height of #COVID.

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September 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
“Being HIV-positive taught me to be more empathetic, more loving, and made me a different, and I hope better, minister.”

(It's her birthday today, too. Happy birthday, Joann!)
2/2

#HIVsky #AIDS #booksky

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September 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"...I've lived a lifetime. And in this lifetime so far in my journeys, I’ve noticed kindness actually does go a long way for people like me…Be kind and help someone.”
2/2

#HIVsky #AIDS #activism #lifetimesurvivors

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September 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"...after receiving the support and tools necessary for their empowerment and leadership, gain the power and confidence to become active voices in the community to which they belong.”
2/2

#HIVsky #AIDS #activism

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September 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"...I’m so lucky because I have the privilege of being a white woman with a backup. I worry about people who are angry with no options.”
2/2

#HIVsky #AIDS #activism

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September 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"...That says that our societal safety net has been perversely shaped to intervene only when people are already deeply injured or assumed to pose a threat to public health. The fire had to be raging before we installed the fire extinguisher.”
3/3

#HIVsky #AIDS

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September 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
But since I am my own publisher, I'm not too worried about that.

If you want to put any of my books on a banned books list, feel free. That's been a goal of mine for a long time.

5/5

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September 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
It's today!!!

UNSTOPPABLE: Straight Women in the AIDS Community is out today! #1 New Release in AIDS books on Amazon!

Get your paperback or ebook from your favorite bookseller!

#HIVsky #AIDS #AIDSactivism #nonfiction

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September 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Buying on Amazon is not a requirement, so here are all the links to where you can order the paperback or ebook.

Many thanks to all of you who already ordered it! And remember that online reviews are always appreciated!

#HIVsky #booksky #nonfiction #AIDSactivism

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September 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
It's September 15th, and you know what that means - UNSTOPPABLE comes out tomorrow!

It's already a #1 New Release for AIDS books on Amazon, so I'm watching to see if it holds that designation as long as the F*g Hags book did.

1/2
September 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Only two days until UNSTOPPABLE is out! Preorders open now!

#HIVsky #AIDS #nonfiction #AIDSactivism

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September 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM