Women living with HIV? Hidden in plain sight
28 years ago,as a married heterosexual monogamous woman, I received a life-altering diagnosis. HIV.
28 years ago,as a married heterosexual monogamous woman, I received a life-altering diagnosis. HIV.
As people living with HIV, we are all diverse and our experiences are different. What connects us is that HIV has shaped us indelibly.
I am acutely aware that the lived experience of women living with HIV today is still mired in ignorance and invisibility.
As a heterosexual woman living with HIV for the past 25 years, I have to ask "Doesn't everyone's sexual health matter in an age of ending HIV?"
Lifting the ignorance and invisibility is a task for both men and women in the elimination of HIV says Jane Costello.
Silence equals death is back on the radar of our communities at risk of HIV and for those living with HIV in 2018.
World AIDS Day has been held internationally every year on the 1st of December since 1988 to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS.
Iconic painting based on 1990 LIFE magazine photograph of David Kirby, surrounded by his grieving family.
About 10 per cent of people living with HIV in Australia are women, yet we remain relatively invisible.
As a heterosexual woman living with HIV for the past 21 years, I am acutely aware that the lived experience of women with HIV today is still mired in ignorance and invisibility.