Posted yesterday, on FB:
today brings us back to world aids day.
in the past few years I have had growing difficultly speaking/posting anything about it. honestly? the topic takes up enough of my day to day life, I now struggle to make grand sweeping statements and sound bites about it annually.
don’t get me wrong, I am glad the subject gets this type of global attention, but sometimes the mass out-pouring on a single day reads too much like a trendy drive to display cultural activism or social consciousness. it is nice to see so many speak on it, but this is my everyday, I don’t get to walk away from it on december 2.
it is exhausting to move through the world with it; fighting stigma, ignorance and discrimination on top of fighting to stay healthy. so moving onward, I feel more and more compelled to make these trying and exhausting details of my life more private. I cannot fight
for the entire world; I have to fight for myself. if you are interested to know, seek me out for conversation on any other day of the year. I
think I may choose to make this day an annual vacation from it all, except the meds, of course.
peace and love to all.
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