More to Me Than HIV

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More to Me Than HIV

First published in Gscene July 2020 For last years World AIDS Day I put together a public project of work joining other people living with an HIV+ diagnoses at Jubilee library.For last years World AIDS Day I put together a public project of work joining other people living with an HIV+ diagnoses at Jubilee library. For the project I spoke openly about my journey having being           Read more

More to Me Than HIV: GScene post Aug 2020

More to Me Than HIV is a project that aims to breakdown the stigma that has historically been attached to this virus.  When I saw my piece in last months Gscene to promote the More to Me Than HIV project, I was extremely proud, but a small part of me was filled with anxiety; but why should I feel this way? I have been on effective antiretroviral therapy since the Read more

More to Me Than HIV: first published in GScene July 2020

For last years World AIDS Day I put together a public project of work joining other people living with an HIV+ diagnoses at Jubilee library. For the project I spoke openly about my journey having being             diagnosed HIV+ 32 years previous. Back then there was no treatment and a lot of fear and misinformation concerning how HIV was transmitted. As such stigma was rife, Read more

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Bullied in the Workplace

Bullied in the Workplace.

For some, memories of school may conjure up a mixed bag of fun and friendship, for other’s they may remember their school day as a living hell. For those being bullied was an everyday occurrence, where the playground was a battlefield. Even when the school bell rang at home time there was still the difficulty getting home in one piece.

For many of those school children who were subject to being targeted by a gang of meat-heads or spiteful girl group, the idea of escaping from school and into the world of work was their only dream they had to hold on to, believing that once they turned sixteen the world would be a different place. Unfortunately there are still some people who believe that being a bully is the only way to get ahead in life and carry on using the same scare tactics they had used in school. Read more

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