By Guest Author|2024-01-01T16:23:49+11:0025 March 2020|Categories: Opinion|Tags: personal stories, Sydney Mardi Gras Parade|
I have finally marched in the Sydney Mardi Gras Parade! I always thought I would someday - and now I have.
By Guest Author|2024-01-03T16:14:12+11:0027 February 2020|Categories: Mental Health, Opinion|Tags: AIDS-defining illness, combination anti-retroviral therapy (cART), early 90s, HIV stigma, late 80s, personal stories, PrEP, social support, TasP, U=U, undetectable viral load (UVL)|
I have been living with HIV for over 22 years, five of which I was unaware I was positive.
By 'Steve'|2024-02-02T15:43:55+11:0017 September 2019|Categories: Health, Housing, Mental Health|Tags: Family and Community Services (FACS), methamphetamines, personal stories, sero-discordant relationship|
Life can sure throw some curve balls at you but as the saying goes, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
By Sebastian|2024-01-01T15:50:51+11:008 May 2019|Categories: Opinion|Tags: HIV and disclosure, HIV stigma, personal stories|
I sero-converted back in 2003 and was very clear in my own mind, I didn’t want to be defined by HIV.
By Positive Speakers Bureau|2023-08-25T16:20:59+10:0017 April 2018|Categories: Positive Speakers Bureau|Tags: HIV prevention, HIV stigma, personal stories, resilience|
Twenty four years ago, on 1 December 1994, Positive Life NSW launched the Positive Speakers’ Bureau (PSB). The program is still running strong today, with a passionate team of trained members of the community [...]
By Positive Speakers Bureau|2024-01-04T13:13:52+11:001 April 2017|Categories: Positive Speakers Bureau, Treatments|Tags: community dispensing, HIV medication, local pharmacy, personal stories|
Getting my HIV medication from my local pharmacy, is convenient, easy and fast.
By David|2024-01-04T13:10:55+11:0021 March 2017|Categories: Communications, Mental Health, Treatments|Tags: HIV and travel, HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND), HIV testing, personal stories|
What happened after David was diagnosed with HIV while on a backpacking holiday.
By PLNSW|2022-07-15T17:12:34+10:0019 January 2017|Tags: personal stories|
Poz Lite was an annual printed magazine between 2015-2019. It was a compilation of the previous year's most popular articles, featuring a selection of articles by community members living with HIV. Click on the [...]
By Guest Author|2024-01-03T18:54:48+11:001 December 2015|Categories: Communications, Opinion|Tags: personal stories|
Craig Cooper and David Cooper (no relation) were colleagues in the HIV sector in NSW.