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15 December 2018

On Being Trans and Poz

By |2024-01-28T11:54:47+11:0015 December 2018|Categories: Advocacy, Health, Mental Health, Opinion, Talkabout|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

The ice breaker I like to use is, ‘I’m Trans, over 50 and Poz; not a winning trifecta in the relationship market place.’

15 December 2018

Breaking down stigma one barrier at a time

By |2024-01-28T11:54:26+11:0015 December 2018|Categories: Health, Mental Health, Opinion, Talkabout, Treatments|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Matthew Hall was diagnosed with HIV as a 23-year-old in 1995. Given effective antiretroviral treatment was yet to become available, HIV was considered a death sentence at this time.

15 December 2018

HIV Stigma, the Social Disease Pandemic

By |2024-01-28T11:54:04+11:0015 December 2018|Categories: Advocacy, Health, Mental Health, Opinion, Talkabout|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Treating someone differently based on their race, culture, language, ethnicity or national origin is never okay, yet is a daily reality for many of us living with HIV in Australia.

15 December 2018

Flashback to a time of stigma and fear

By |2024-01-28T11:53:11+11:0015 December 2018|Categories: Advocacy, Health, Mental Health, Talkabout|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

I was diagnosed with HIV during the broadcasting of the hysterical Grim Reaper campaign in 1987, at eighteen years old.

1 December 2018

Digital ano-rectal examination (DARE)

By |2023-08-29T12:19:18+10:001 December 2018|Categories: Factsheets, Health, Treatments|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Factsheet outlining how to perform a digital ano-rectal examination (DARE) to check for anal abnormalities that could lead to anal cancer.

24 October 2018

Does U equal you?

By |2024-01-03T18:04:43+11:0024 October 2018|Categories: Advocacy, Health|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

U=U is a HIV awareness campaign that refers to the reality that if you have an undetectable viral load (in Australia, this is less than 20 copies of the HIV virus per millilitre of [...]

12 September 2018

Gay men’s awareness of human papillomavirus related anal cancer

By |2023-08-25T16:19:20+10:0012 September 2018|Categories: Advocacy, Health|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Gay men’s awareness of human papillomavirus related anal cancer

A community based survey of 1,660 respondents to assess awareness of and screening for anal human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and anal cancer in people living with HIV and gay and bisexual men in Australia. 

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