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Bob, age 69 / Warkworth, Canada

December 2, 2016 by admin

HIV is the kind of thing you can’t really understand until you experience it, because remember, in those days we’re talking about, it was a death sentence. And since then, we’ve had to go through this period where, after treatment, suddenly it wasn’t a death sentence. That’s a – I use the expression “mind-fuck,” for […]

Categories: Age 65-69, Male, North America • Tags: ACTIVISM, ageism, Canada, clinical trials, death/dying, dignity/respect, grief/loss, isolation, life experience/age as an asset, long-term survivors, memory/brain health, rural health, stress, treatment access

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Art, age 62 / Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation, Anishnawbe / Toronto, Canada

December 1, 2014 by admin

I’m 62 now, but I came out when I was 26. So it was quite late. And back then, being out was not– it was sometimes, in the aboriginal communities, you might bring shame to the family, to the community, by announcing. But when I came out, then it was no going back. And I […]

Categories: Age 60-64, North America, Trans / Non-Binary / Two-Spirit • Tags: Aboriginal/Indigenous/First Nations, advocacy, Canada, discrimination, family, support

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Doris, age 58 & Randy, age 48 / Canada

November 30, 2014 by admin

Doris:       I was caught up in my addictions, and I thought the weight loss was connected to my substance use, until I started seeing other complications with my health. And that’s when I went for an HIV test. While waiting for my HIV test, I made the decision to go back home, because […]

Categories: Age 55-59, Female, North America, Trans / Non-Binary / Two-Spirit • Tags: Aboriginal/Indigenous/First Nations, ACTIVISM, anger, Art/creativity, Canada, children/parenthood, death/dying, domestic violence, faith/spirituality, family, grandchildren, HIV/AIDS education, love, moving home, NGOs, sexual violence, stigma, substance use/recovery, support, trauma, weight

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Robert, age 62 / Medicine Hat, Canada

November 6, 2014 by admin

I was born in Louisville, Kentucky. I moved to Montreal, Canada, and lived for some 15 years in Germany, and now I’m living in the west of Canada. A small town called Medicine Hat, Alberta.  I went there as an artist in residence for the college. It’s a very small town, mostly driven by oil, […]

Categories: Age 60-64, Male, North America • Tags: Canada

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Guy, age 55 / Calgary, Canada

November 1, 2014 by admin

I believe some people are born with their glass half full, and some are born with their glass half empty, and mine is kinda full and brimming – more than full. So I would say that I have kind of a positive outlook. I’ve been positive since 1988. I learned about my status when my […]

Categories: Age 55-59, Male, North America • Tags: Canada

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Liz, age 57 / West Coast First Nations, Canada

November 1, 2014 by admin

I’ve been doing a lot of healing through my culture and traditions…It actually came by accident, when I started attending the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network at the national level, and they did these short little versions of the smudging ceremonies. Then it got to having the traditional healers come in and do the cleansing with […]

Categories: Age 55-59, Female, North America • Tags: Canada

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