Communities make the difference to me
I have been living with HIV for over 22 years, five of which I was unaware I was positive.
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February 2020
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September 2019
A safe place to land
Life can sure throw some curve balls at you but as the saying goes, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
2
September 2019
Unpacking undetectable = untransmissible (U=U)
What does U=U (or undetectable = untransmissible) actually mean for people living with HIV?
2
August 2019
Gender diverse futures
We’re often quick to notice people who might not conform to conventional social norms around gender, or what society thinks how a man or a woman should behave or appear. Trans and gender diverse [...]
3
July 2019
What makes consent, consent?
What does consent mean? Is consent always an enthusiastic ‘yes’, or is it sometimes the absence of a ‘no’?
15
December 2018
On Being Trans and Poz
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
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
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
I was diagnosed with HIV during the broadcasting of the hysterical Grim Reaper campaign in 1987, at eighteen years old.
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November 2018
What I wish I knew about sex!
As a young woman when it came to sex, I was clueless. So were my friends.
