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Gay Pakistanis, Still in Shadows, Seek Acceptance

A handful of younger gays and lesbians, many educated in the West, are seeking to foster more acceptance of their sexuality and to carve out an identity, even in a climate of religious conservatism. Activists are not focusing on tackling legal discrimination, but on influencing parents’ deciding whether or not to shun their gay child. They see this approach as ultimately more productive.

Published
08 November 2012
From
New York Times
Experiences of stigma
KENYA: Media still need training on HIV

Scourge. Plague. Killer disease. All are terms still routinely used by Kenya's media to describe the HIV epidemic more than thirty years after it was first identified. Experts say the media needs to step up to promote a better understanding of the illness.

Published
02 November 2012
From
IRIN Plus News
Experiences of stigma
Two HIV-Positive Couples Forced To Leave Village

Two married couples have been forced from their village in East Kalimantan after information circulated that they had been infected with HIV.

Published
29 October 2012
From
Jakarta Globe
Combatting stigma
Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi calls for zero discrimination of people living with HIV

Nobel peace prize winner and Member of Parliament Aung San Suu Kyi calls on her fellow citizens and people around the globe to eliminate stigma and discrimination, which people living with HIV often face.

Published
29 October 2012
From
UNAIDS
Combatting stigma
Spoiled Identity: gay men, HIV and stigma

Stigma is powerful, painful, and often confusing because it resonates with our own internal fears. Overcoming it takes persistence, courage, a strong sense of self, and a willingness to work with others.

Published
26 October 2012
From
Positively Aware
Combatting stigma
Doctors in Egypt often won't treat HIV-AIDS patients

AIDS is still considered a disease of homosexuals and prostitutes here. Doctors are taught that it’s a foreigner’s disease, and they receive little training in how to treat such patients. Most doctors refuse to treat HIV patients or to deliver their children. Egyptian officials continue to insist that there’s no AIDS problem here; to do otherwise would force the government to confront such taboo subjects as homosexuality, safe sex and what Muslim ethics say about how to treat the ill, however the disease is contracted.

Published
23 October 2012
From
Kansas City Star
Combatting stigma
UGANDA: Decades later, HIV stigma lingers

Ugandans have grown familiar with HIV over the past three decades, but new research suggests that many are still scandalized by it; according to the 2011 National AIDS Indicator Survey, released on 18 September, many people still attach shame and blame to people living with the virus.

Published
18 October 2012
From
IRIN Plus News
Combatting stigma
What African American Communities Can Learn from Africa About Stopping the Spread of HIV

Awareness is a key factor. Stigma is also a huge issue (for both homosexuals and heterosexuals) that must be broken down through the communities themselves. We must make HIV/AIDS a normal discussion like diabetes or hypertension and bring it to a level where it's comfortable for everyone to talk about it.

Published
05 October 2012
From
Huffington Post
Combatting stigma
Egypt: A year after announcing he had HIV, Maged El Rabeiy is fighting on

In June last year, during an anti-stigma conference, Maged El Rabeiy announced that he had HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. In doing so, he became the first Egyptian to openly declare his struggle to the Egyptian public, giving the life-threatening virus a human face.

Published
24 September 2012
From
Egypt Independent
Combatting stigma
UNDP-led HIV/AIDS education programme for Thai police

As many as 10,000 junior Thai police officers per year will soon receive education on HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination due to a new partnership signed today, by the Royal Thai Police, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Foundation for AIDS Rights and the Department of Rights Protection of Ministry of Justice.

Published
18 September 2012
From
The Nation
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