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Positive....
is that good?
13 STORIES ABOUT....
hat it’s like living with HIV in Queensland, now.
These thirteen highly personal stories are by men
living with HIV, a territory that has dramatically changed
since the 1980s. Confessional and...
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1
Positive....
is that good?
13 STORIES ABOUT....
hat it’s like living with HIV in Queensland, now.
These thirteen highly personal stories are by men
living with HIV, a territory that has dramatically changed
since the 1980s. Confessional and sexually direct, the men
discuss in diverse voices the context of their diagnoses,
medication, illness, survival and the stigma associated with
their positive status. They demonstrate the courage and
support the men have found in the pursuit of health and
acceptance - often against unimaginable difficulties. It’s a
picture of richly lived lives, like all others.
Together these stories tell us that neither these men, nor
HIV, are something we need to be afraid of. Equally, they
tell us HIV is something we mustn’t be complacent about.
The stories are important for anyone wishing to know the
risks HIV still presents and the impact it has on people
with the infection and those around them. It is the virtue
of these stories that
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