Transcend."Today, I am revealing publicly for the very first time that I am HIV-positive. I was diagnosed in 2003 and I have been living happy and healthy," Cartier shared.Cartier revealed that she was coming out as HIV-positive in part to fight the stigma that still surrounds the virus, "not only external stigma but also for me personally, my internal stigma."Stigma "has caused me to doubt myself, to think less of myself, to have self-worth and self-esteem issues," she said. "And in my process of healing, I realize that I know that I am not the only one who feels this way.
And not only as someone who is HIV-positive, but I know that we have all told ourselves a lie that is not the truth of who we are because of something that we've been.