[Viva] It's Different Now - new video

[Denise Becker]

Thank you Peg.  I believe that in many ways this is the right thing for me
to do because a) I don't have kids or family who are "out there" with me,
so it makes it easier.  b)  I believe if people like Ryan White who was
just a kid in the U.S. and Zackie Achmat, an advocate in South Africa, can
come out about their status then why not me?  c)  I don't care what the
public thinks - if they want to stigmatize me then I know it is their
problem, not mine.

I think this would be a great topic of discussion.. just to get people's
ideas and comments about how they feel they are treated by the public or
why they feel it is not good to be known as someone with HIV.  I feel lucky
I can just go down to Vancouver, do a piece and quickly retreat to Kelowna!

Denise

On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 9:40 PM, Peggy Frank <pegfrank at telus.net> wrote:

> It's strange the way this shows up as only going to Margarite.  I am
> hoping that Denise gets it too.
>
> Thank you for being so open and out there. It is important to stop the
> stigma for sure but certainly a higher risk than sitting quietly - which I
> know is the right decision for many women.  But, not you - really proud of
> you Denise - Yes, we need more people to get to know their status - but the
> legal issues are certainly not encouraging people to come forward.  Need to
> get rid of the witches scare...  One way is to participate in Municipal
> elections as it seems that many of our leaders rise from Municipal office,
>  perhaps we need more positive candidates.
>
> Love  -peg
>
> She who finds the path - the right path - does so for herself; and when
> she goes astray she creates her own loss and pain; and no one who carries a
> burden bears another's load.  Taken from - "He who finds the right path
> does so for himself; and he who goes astray does so to his own loss; and no
> one who carries a burden bears another man's load."  Al-Qur'an 17:15
> Peggy Frank
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> On 2011-11-05, at 9:57 AM, Denise Becker wrote:
>
> This video is part of the Vancouver Coastal Health Campaign  - there are
> quite a few videos on YouTube including one by Dr. Julio Montaner.  You can
> go to the It's Different Now site too and watch it on there (mine is under
> the egg timer and Julio's is at the bottom of the star - not sure what that
> means! lol)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyIpRwhjFUg
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> http://itsdifferentnow.org/
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>
> Denise
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