Elijah Adebero
Popular Gay rights activist turned LGBT advocate, Bisi Alimi, has talked about his life as an HIV patient.
He revealed how he went for an HIV test 18years ago and found out he was HIV positive.
According to him, he has learnt that HIV doesn’t kill; rather, it’s the stigma, shame and the discrimination that do.
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He writes:
“EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO, AT THE NATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE IN ABUJA AND WITH NUDGING FROM FRIENDS, I WALKED INTO A TESTING BOOTH FOR THE FIRST TIME.
I WALKED OUT WITH HIV POSITIVE TEST RESULT.
TWO YEARS BEFORE THEN, I HAD JUST LOST MY BEST FRIEND TO AIDS, AND HE WAS AROUND 26 YRS.
I HAVE BEEN LIVING WITH HIV SINCE I WAS 29, THIS YEAR I CLOCKED 47.
BETWEEN 2004-2009, I KEPT QUIET ABOUT MY HIV STATUS COS OF SHAME AND STIGMA.
THEN I REALISED, HIV DOESN’T KILL, IT IS STIGMA, THE SHAME AND THE DISCRIMINATION THAT DOES.
HERE IS TO 18 YRS OF POSITIVITY AND MANY MORE YEARS TO COME. PLEASE GET TESTED TODAY.”
