Why ‘silence equals death’ is still on our radar
Silence equals death is still on the radar of our communities especially those of us living with HIV today.
Silence equals death is still on the radar of our communities especially those of us living with HIV today.
I have been living with HIV for over 22 years, five of which I was unaware I was positive.
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.
The truth be told, there are still people dying of AIDS in NSW and Australia. We must stop the silence about AIDS deaths in contemporary Australia.
About 10 per cent of people living with HIV in Australia are women, yet we remain relatively invisible.