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PAWS N’ EFFECT: Unleash the power of a dog’s unconditional love for people with HIV+
TPAN was founded in 1987 as the Test Positive Aware Network during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It was a place for HIV-positive people to share vital information and find peer-support, in a time when fear, misinformation, and rampant discrimination in the healthcare system contributed to countless lives lost. To address a painful…
Positivelove.ca is the only global online dating site created for HIV-positive people
With such a plethora of online dating sites these days we thought it would have been safe to assume that there was a specialized one for every walk of life. But David Nambiar has discovered there is still not one specifically for people living with HIV. Nambiar, a gay South Asian-Canadian person who…
Three Months : a very entertaining queer rom/com that is also a next-generation AIDS drama
Three Months, writer/director Jared Frieder’s debut feature is a rather wonderful queer teen rom/com that includes an AIDS scenario that is both contemporary and positive and for once doesn’t end in death. It’s a finely nuanced tale that is both entertaining and informative that reminds us that the spread of HIV may have declined,…
LIVING: a unique portrayal of people living with HIV in Ireland.
For the fourth year running, GCN (Gay Community News) and HIV Ireland again teamed up for a World AIDS Day initiative, and this year they mounted a special project that seeks to give real visibility and celebrate the diversity of people living with HIV in Ireland. LIVING was an innovative, first-of-its-kind, photographic exhibition showcasing a…
