The Scab
If a confident, articulate person like me has had so much hesitation and struggle around living with HIV, then how must it be for others?
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December 2020
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December 2020
Women and HIV
I am acutely aware that the lived experience of women living with HIV today is still mired in ignorance and invisibility.
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December 2020
Women and HIV Disclosure
Women living with HIV are not seen as a priority group for contracting HIV, so we are not routinely tested and don’t receive targeted education for women.
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July 2020
Losing face, losing fear
‘Losing face’ is a big thing within my culture and family community.
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May 2019
2019 Candlelight Memorial
Reflections on the 2019 Candlelight Memorial, held in Darlinghurst.
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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.’
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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.
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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.
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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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March 2018
Invisible no more!
Reflecting on my life in 1988 brings back some painful memories: and I was starting to fear for my own health.
