Communities make the difference to me
I have been living with HIV for over 22 years, five of which I was unaware I was positive.
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February 2020
15
March 2018
Invisible no more!
Reflecting on my life in 1988 brings back some painful memories: the numbers of deaths from AIDS illnesses was starting to impact on the community and I was starting to fear for my own health.
15
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
15
March 2018
It came out of nowhere
No one knew what it was, what caused it, or how to deal with it. But it was a guaranteed killer. The first recorded case of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) in Australia was in Sydney in October 1982.
15
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.
15
March 2016
The unlikely advocate
Sydney in the 70s was a cool place to explore your sexuality.
