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Jan 14/09 Some questions for you.

I figure since we’ve been in this campaign to me, that I’d revisit a few themes. 1) What does stigma mean to you? 2) How does stigma affect you? How does behaviour on the part of others effects you? By...

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Jan 19/09 How does it affect you?

I’ve been a bit remiss about keeping up to date with my posts. Truth be told, even with all the suggestion that we’ve had, I feel a bit of a writer’s block. But let’s give it a collegial try as I’m...

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Jan 20/09 Gay.com

Gay.com an a small article on their site I found during a recent search. And what do I see as the first comment. Stigma what Stigma? You don’t mean the, “I don’t want to have sex with you because you...

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Jan 21/09 Stigma Fatigue Part 2

I’m suffering from stigma fatigue. This battle that seems endless. There is this feeling of a wall of perpetual ignorance about the subject of stigma. It always gets boiled down to a sound byte of...

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Why Care

Why should we care about HIV stigma and discrimination in the gay community? HIV stigma is affecting the health of all gay men and is affecting our ability to prevent the transmission of HIV … HIV...

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Section 22 - Our Public Health at work: What you don’t know.

I’ve known this for awhile now, given my discussions with my doctor. In fact it came up that I had an STD that didn’t need to be confirmed through a test, I’d be in contact with him and we’d just treat...

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Feb 2/09 HIV stigma radiates from behind the bench

It always pains me to look at comments left on Xtra, or any other gay venue when it comes to issues regarding HIV and disclosure. Sky Gilbert ran a piece regarding a case where a positive fellow...

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Top Ten List

Just for fun, why don’t we engage in a little exercise. Let’s make a top-ten list of all the stupid things that have happened to us as a result of HIV, if could be telling someone you’re positive and...

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Feb 24/09 What will the future be like?

It’s been a hectic last couple of weeks. I was overly preoccupied by a week where things going wrong, and costing me a lot of money overtook my attention. In addition, I headed out to New York last...

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Feb 27/08 Last Post & A big thank you to all.

As seen in other posts, it will come to no surprise that this is my last post on the stigma campaign. It truly has been a privilege to have been able to be part of a campaign that is has been, in my...

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