The headliner: At 18, PARTY MAD. At 20, HIV MISERY.

The headliner: At 18, PARTY MAD. At 20, HIV MISERY.

February 23, 2012, 9:14 am
Filed under: Newsworthy

I promised to upload this newspaper clipping ages ago, sorry I never got around to it until now…

My front page coming out with HIV. This was anonymous though, or so I was led to believe it would be. The reporter actually lied about a few things - that this will be a small positive story with a good message for World Aids Day 2010, and that my picture would be edited to obscurity and will be really tiny. End result? Front page full blown photo where I got people calling me to offer condolences (as though it’s the death sentence people still make it out to be). Lesson learned: never trust reporters. I guess they did stick to one end of their bargain, where they said the article would urge people to have safe sex… Just never expected they would do it by scaring the shit out of ‘promiscous’ people.

(Click for full screen – readable size)

For the record, I did not voluntarily come forth to tell the world my story, I was coaxed to do so by a certain local non-government organisation – and they assured me that they would protect my identity. Let’s just say they did as good a job in protecting me as a burst condom protects from STDs.

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