HIV
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Shine a Light On It: Black Women, HIV & Its Impact
For many people, World AIDS Day is just one day in their calendar: they still have another 364 days to deal with it before it comes around again. So Queerguru welcomes any projects that are there for the duration. Such as Shine a Light On It: Black Women, HIV & Its Impact” which is being…
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LIVING READY : documenting the lives of 5 people with HIV to help the vital flow of essential information to others
In this curent treacherous political climate in the US it is important that we share positive news and actions that the administration are determined to ban or destroy. Sadly the treatment of people with HIV seems to be one the major causalities I is not an issue the current administration is interested in…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews BALABAN a rare queer drama from Kazakhstan
Balaban is the touching story of the coming-of-age relationship between two teenage HIV-positive girls in Kazakhstan and their journey toward freedom and love. Based on real-life events, writer and director Aysulu Onaran highlights the case of 160 children who were infected with HIV during blood transfusions in Kazakhstan in 2006 when untested blood was…
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Queerguru’s José Mayorga gives a Guatemalan take on the new excellent new Irish doc “How To Tell A Secret”
WHEN LIVING WITH HIV IS A BLESSING IN DISGUISE In present-day Ireland, many people are silent about their HIV status because society has silenced them, not only in Ireland, but in Guatemala and other countries, there is no education on the subject, and silence reigns, not to mention vulnerable points along the medicine supply chain…
