Invisible no more!
Reflecting on my life in 1988 brings back some painful memories: and I was starting to fear for my own health.
Life after Vancouver
In 1996, I obtained a seat on the floor in the corridor at the XI International AIDS Conference, held in Vancouver.
Best of times and worst of times
The 1980s was a peak time for ‘gay’ and ‘community’. They were also the time that we got to understand the HIV epidemic
The Middle Years
Part of the story of Talkabout and its contribution to people living with HIV in NSW.
It came out of nowhere
No one knew what it was, what caused it, or how to deal with it. The first recorded case of AIDS in Australia was in Sydney in October 1982.
1988 Revisited
September 1988. It was when AIDS notifications had risen to 1,000; when 500 people had died; when the stigma of infection had spread its poison wide.
People living with HIV were central
From 2000 to 2003 many positive people who had earlier retired were thinking about returning to work.
Is our sex education failing youth today?
As a straight 19-year-old woman who went to a co-ed religious boarding school, our sex education was definitely subpar.
