Finding the confidence to get back out there
Once you become poz, then what? Do you stop having sex, be unhappy, overthink, not go out, feel fearful and anxious?
Once you become poz, then what? Do you stop having sex, be unhappy, overthink, not go out, feel fearful and anxious?
Like many people living with HIV, I work full-time. I worked before my diagnosis and I’ve continued to work since my diagnosis.
Sydney in the 70s was a cool place to explore your sexuality.
I was thirty two and a mother when I was told I was HIV positive at the refugee detention centre.
A number of major international studies show the use of Truvada as an oral PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) can help prevent the transmission of HIV.
I have HIV and a number of other chronic health conditions including living with a mental health diagnosis.
Blaming rejection on your sero-status or HIV stigma is pointless and disempowering.
Craig Cooper and David Cooper (no relation) were colleagues in the HIV sector in NSW.
People with HIV have had some wins in the last twelve months and when we have wins I think we need to celebrate them.
In those days, learning that you had contracted the ‘AIDS virus’ meant getting a death sentence.