I
find Kia Labeija to be a very impactful activist and someone who inspires me to
put my best foot forward. Kia Labeija was born to a woman with HIV.
At the age of three years old it was found that she also had the illness. In
1993, LaBeija was sadly diagnosed with HIV. This was cause by having contracted
the virus through mother-to-child or as many know it as perinatal transmission.
Contracting it from her mother through childbirth. I find Kia to be so
impactful to many different groups in many different ways. As she advocates for
her and many others living with this condition, she also bring awareness to HIV
and people who live with it day by day through her work. She is also a
member of the visual aids organization as well as numerous others. At the
age of 19 Kia got into Ball room and officially began walking in 2012. following in her late father steps LaBeija later earned the Hector Xtravaganza Xellence Award, named after
her iconic late gay father who was very well known
to the community. I find Kia Labeija, her story, and the journey she tells through her work not only to be impactful but inspiring to a lot of people who are struggling or living with this illness. Kia inspires people to live their best lives even with the good and
bad and also to live freely, as they are in there own bodies, not abiding by society's rules .
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