Speaking out about HIV

Speaking Volumes is also about the misconceptions, financial hardship, prejudice and other challenges faced by people with HIV. Despite advances in treatment, Brighton and Hove still has one of the highest rates of HIV infection in the country, with too many people still deterred from being tested by fear of being stigmatised and by the fear of the consequences of a positive diagnosis.

I hope that Speaking Volumes will encourage people to access HIV testing services, at the same time as increasing awareness and understanding of what a diagnosis might mean.

The stories that are being told at the Jubilee Library are stories of survival and strength. They are inspiring, deeply personal, and stories that should be heard as a call to action towards the eventual eradication of HIV.

I am enormously grateful to everyone involved in this project for sharing their experiences, for believing in the power of their stories, and for knowing that being given a voice can be like being given the strength to survive.

The Speaking Volumes exhibition is on display at the Jubilee Library from 8th April to 8th June, http://www.speakingvolumesproject.org/

 

 

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