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.
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November 2020
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May 2019
2019 Candlelight Memorial
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 [...]
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October 2018
Sharing the recognition with many HIV heroes
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 [...]
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March 2018
(In)visible women (living with HIV)
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. [...]
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February 2018
Why silence equals death is back on our radar in 2018
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 [...]
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December 2017
Our Right to Health
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 [...]
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November 2017
2017 World AIDS Day Address
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 [...]
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July 2017
Talking and telling after diagnosis
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 [...]
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March 2017
Backpacking with HIV
“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 [...]
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November 2016
Yes, there are heterosexual people living with HIV in NSW!
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 [...]
