Coming back to South Africa for the second time for AIDS 2016 in Durban was near as life-changing as the first time for T. He fell in love with an HIV positive lady from Uganda, but, alas, it was not meant to be. The World AIDS Conferences (every other year) in its ‘Global Village’ is a fantastic way to connect individuals who have something (HIV) in common around the world, regardless of other self-identifiers (culture, race, religion, sexual orientation, etc.).