HIV Futures 9 and women living with HIV
What can we do to ensure the inclusion and experiences of women living with HIV in Australia?
What can we do to ensure the inclusion and experiences of women living with HIV in Australia?
I have been living with HIV for over 22 years, five of which I was unaware I was positive.
Life can sure throw some curve balls at you but as the saying goes, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
What does U=U (or undetectable = untransmissible) actually mean for people living with HIV?
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 [...]
What does consent mean? Is consent always an enthusiastic ‘yes’, or is it sometimes the absence of a ‘no’?
The ice breaker I like to use is, ‘I’m Trans, over 50 and Poz; not a winning trifecta in the relationship market place.’
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.
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.
I was diagnosed with HIV during the broadcasting of the hysterical Grim Reaper campaign in 1987, at eighteen years old.