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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December 2018
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October 2018
HIV Stigma and Discrimination Report
This report highlights and confirms that HIV stigma and discrimination is a daily reality for people living with HIV.
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October 2018
Does U equal you?
U=U is a HIV awareness campaign that refers to the reality that if you have an undetectable viral load (in Australia, this is less than 20 copies of the HIV virus per millilitre of [...]
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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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July 2017
Don’t let a mate slip through the cracks
Today it is easier than ever to ‘slip through the cracks’.
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March 2016
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?
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January 2016
A scapegoat called ‘stigma’
Blaming rejection on your sero-status or HIV stigma is pointless and disempowering.
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August 2015
Challenge HIV Stigma and Remain Connected
People living with HIV are everywhere and can be from any walk of life. Everyone can turn the tide on HIV stigma and discrimination.
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February 2015
Being a HIV+ Sex Worker in Australia
The intersection of HIV and sex work is a place of great stigma and discrimination, a place of great responsibility and a place of learning and love.
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February 2015
UNSW HIV Awareness Lecture
HIV is manageable and it must be acknowledged that living with HIV in 2014 is very different to what it was like in the 1980s.
