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Johnny Guaylupo was born and raised in the South Bronx of New York in the United States of America. He was raised mainly by his grandmother in a Catholic household. In his early adolescents, Johnny realized he was gay, but never told anyone. He had been sponsored to attend a local private Catholic school and was a good quite boy. He soon met a classmate who was gay and through him met other men, including a man who was 20 years older than him. Thinking he was the best thing in his life, Johnny started having sex with this man and about a year later they stopped using condoms. By age 17, Johnny started getting bad stomach pains and was taking to the emergency room. Two weeks later at his follow up visit, the doctor and social worker told him he was HIV positive.
Now, at age 25, Johnny is educated on HIV/AIDS and works as a youth advocate and activist. He hopes that every time he tells his story, he’s touched and educated someone else. He currently works at Housing Works, an organization focused on ensuring that adequate housing, food, social services, drug treatment services, medical care, and employment opportunities are available to homeless persons living with AIDS and HIV. Johnny works as an Intake Specialist for Adult Day Health Care Program, where he does Intake/Case Management. Johnny has been very active in the Campaign to End AIDS (C2EA)--a diverse, exciting new coalition of people living with HIV/AIDS in the US, their advocates and their loved ones. He served as an organizer and activist for the C2EA Youth Action Institute (YAI) last year and is currently playing a lead role in planning the second YAI. Johnny presented and spoke to over 300 young people at the 2006 Ryan White AIDS Conference in Philadelphia, PA and was recently part of the civil society youth caucus at the United Nations 2006 High Level Meetings on HIV/AIDS. He is a leader and champion on HIV and AIDS issues, specifically when it comes to access to information for young people. Johnny Guaylupo organized the Youth Action Institute where 30 young activists from the United States went for a 5 day Grass roots Training in Chicago. He was awarded the Tarsha Durant Award for National Youth Leadership at the Ryan White Conference last year in Philadelphia, Pa by the National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA). He also just finished a speaker’s tour in the United Kingdom and visited 17 universities speaking to different societies.
Johnny just finished organizing the 3rd annual Youth Action Institute part of the Campaign to End AIDS. He also had an ally Marco Gomes join the Campaign and help organize the institute this year for young activist to work on AIDS issues in the United States.
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