On Being Trans and Poz
The ice breaker I like to use is, ‘I’m Trans, over 50 and Poz; not a winning trifecta in the relationship market place.’
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December 2018
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December 2018
Breaking down stigma one barrier at a time
Matthew Hall was diagnosed with HIV as a 23-year-old in 1995. Given effective antiretroviral treatment was yet to become available, HIV was considered a death sentence at this time.
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December 2018
HIV Stigma, the Social Disease Pandemic
Treating someone differently based on their race, culture, language, ethnicity or national origin is never okay, yet is a daily reality for many of us living with HIV in Australia.
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June 2018
Professor David Cooper Memorial
I stand before you today, to honour and remember Prof David Cooper, who I’ll refer to hereafter as Coops.
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March 2018
Invisible no more!
Reflecting on my life in 1988 brings back some painful memories: and I was starting to fear for my own health.
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March 2018
Life after Vancouver
In 1996, I obtained a seat on the floor in the corridor at the XI International AIDS Conference, held in Vancouver.
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March 2018
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
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March 2018
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.
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March 2018
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.
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March 2018
People living with HIV were central
From 2000 to 2003 many positive people who had earlier retired were thinking about returning to work.
