Virus to virus
I was 15 in 1982, when the term Gay Related Immune Deficiency (GRID) was termed to name a mystery illness that Gay men in San Francisco were dying from.
I was 15 in 1982, when the term Gay Related Immune Deficiency (GRID) was termed to name a mystery illness that Gay men in San Francisco were dying from.
Positive Life Board Director, Andy Heslop reflects on the 2019 Candlelight Memorial, held on 19 May at the Eternity Playhouse in Darlinghurst. As our vigil drew to a close, and the applause and warm [...]
David Crawford received a HIV hero award for three decades of providing service and care to people living with HIV, including a long-running role as a registered nurse at Ward 17 South at St [...]
Let’s start having honest conversations about the systemic silencing of women within our society, particularly when it comes to the medical sector's pervasive disbelief of women's experiences of pain and right to bodily autonomy. [...]
While attitudes towards people living with HIV (PLHIV) are constantly changing and evolving and prospects for our health have vastly improved, speaking up about HIV and engaging in the conversation of HIV remains critical [...]
World AIDS Day is also a day for the community to show their support for people living with HIV (PLHIV) and to commemorate with our friends and loved ones who have died of AIDS [...]
I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, and pay my respects to their elders, past, present and future, and [...]
Telling your sexual partner, lovers or fuck-buddies after you’ve been given a diagnosis of an STI, including HIV, is never easy. It’s a conversation we’ve all had at least once and one many of [...]
“I’m sorry, but your bloods came back with HIV cells present. It shows that you’re positive.” That cloudy evening on Oxford Street in Sydney, I sat in the a[TEST] clinic stunned and frozen from [...]
Yes, there are young heterosexuals living with HIV here in Sydney! As a heterosexual man living with HIV, personally the strong stereotyping of HIV and gay men comes as surprise to me but seems [...]