Positive Life NSW

Greg Page reflects on what leads him to donate an hour of his time each week to massaging HIV+ clients. Once a week I do a volunteer massage for HIV+ patients. As a trained massage therapist with over five years of experience, I'm constantly asked the same question by my clients, who are almost invariably middle-aged men: "Are you one of us?" By which they actually mean, "Are you HIV positive too?"

For Peter Schlosser, the creative energy that surfaces through his art is a true life force. When I was three, so I'm told, I would often sit with Lego blocks or paper and pencils at the coffee table, chin in hand, elbow on table, in the classic pose of deep thought. Mum would smile and walk away. Ten minutes later she'd return and I wouldn't have moved.

Marc Andrews reveals the inspiration for his first novel and the two HIV-positive leading characters.

Artist John Douglas’ recent work, ‘The ABCs of HIV’, exploring life with HIV in the antiretroviral age is sure to provoke some strong reactions. He speaks to Talkabout about his motivation and the early responses to the piece.

Greg Page examines how the world of music, movies and more has reacted to and reflected the ‘AIDS epidemic’ over the years and the HIV+ aftermath.

The Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt is a heart-warming legacy honouring those we lost in early days of HIV and a large collection of panels now have a permanent home at Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum.

POJO uses his art to comment on issues that affect his life as a positive gay man. Here, he explains his work in his own words.

Have we forgotten the real deal and been lulled into believing that being positive is no big deal? Robert Colman writes about Positive Act - a series of ten scriptwriting workshops currently run by Positive Life.

Neal Drinnan on the night he found the answer. Twenty years ago on the bleachers in the Hordern Pavillion, I saw God. That is to say I encountered my very own personally tailored agent of God who appeared to me as I imagined Jesus might look, in a room reminiscent of an expensive Cecil B. DeMille set, replete with a luscious Art Deco backdrop.

Garry Wotherspoon looks at how TV soaps have done HIV lately.