How young POC with HIV can advocate for themselves
“It’s okay to feel scared but you can get knowledge, you can learn” - Jordan, HIV patient
Transcript
My first thoughts when receiving my diagnosis was that I was going to die. What I had to take up some time to digest
was that it's OK to feel scared. But you can get knowledge. You can learn.
[MELLOW MUSIC]
I was navigating who I was and trying to find myself. And that status really affected me.
I had nothing left to offer. All I really could do was get up. And that's what I'm seeing oftentimes with this youth
nowadays. They are allowing themselves to advocate for themselves enough, using that platform to more
and reaching more communities. I think that the youth can advocate for themselves
more by actually talking to their medical providers to understand that they deserve a high level of service.
You don't have to accept how someone is mistreating you. You don't have to have less care because you live with HIV.
You were living with HIV prior to your diagnosis. So the same life that you were living prior to actually knowing about your status
is the life that you can live. I feel that the youth should advocate more for preventative care because they are the future.
They are the representation that we are needing. What I want to say to other people of color who are living with HIV is that you matter.
You deserve fair treatment. [AUDIO LOGO]
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