Best of times and worst of times
The 1980s was a peak time for ‘gay’ and ‘community’. They were also the time that we got to understand the HIV epidemic
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March 2018
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March 2018
It came out of nowhere
No one knew what it was, what caused it, or how to deal with it. The first recorded case of AIDS in Australia was in Sydney in October 1982.
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March 2018
1988 Revisited
September 1988. It was when AIDS notifications had risen to 1,000; when 500 people had died; when the stigma of infection had spread its poison wide.
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March 2018
People living with HIV were central
From 2000 to 2003 many positive people who had earlier retired were thinking about returning to work.
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March 2018
Is our sex education failing youth today?
As a straight 19-year-old woman who went to a co-ed religious boarding school, our sex education was definitely subpar.
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December 2017
Our changing conversations – the PSB two decades on
As a Positive Speakers Bureau (PSB) presenter of twenty one years for Positive Life NSW, I have been privileged to hear stories and see lives transform from bleak to hopeful, through a time of fear, illness death and anger.
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December 2017
Our changing conversations – the PSB two decades on
As a Positive Speakers Bureau speaker of 21 years for Positive Life NSW, I have been privileged to hear stories and see lives transform.
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December 2017
Never again, I’d rather die
After experiencing the worst HIV discrimination in a healthcare setting, Zainab decided she’d rather die.
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December 2017
Where to from here?
Some of the changes 'Gaz' decided on making after finding out he was living with HIV.
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October 2017
Culture, secrets and HIV
South American Joseph struggles with a HIV diagnosis along with the cultural expectations of his family.
