Hi,

thank you for being here

My name is Phellipe.

I’m a storyteller, deeply curious about life and the stories people carry - and also someone living with HIV.

We live in a time where labels are everywhere.

In many ways, they help us understand ourselves.

But sometimes, they become something more - something that defines how we see ourselves, and how we think others see us.

When I was first diagnosed with HIV,
I thought it was going to define me forever.

But over time, I started to question that. I realised that while labels can describe a part of our experience, they
don’t tell the full story of who we are.

Life Beyond Labels was created from that understanding.

This is a space where I explore what it means to live beyond identity, beyond fear, and beyond the stories
we sometimes tell ourselves.

Not by ignoring reality, but by expanding it.

Because there is always more to us than what we’re called.

-With Love, Phellipe