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11-29-2018, 08:07 PM
Lloyd Russell-Moyle’s personal Commons speech highlights advances in treating the condition
Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle has used a debate in the Commons to announce he is HIV positive, making a personal speech he said was intended to tackle the stigma still associated with the condition.
The first parliamentarian to make such an announcement in the Commons, and the second MP to announce they are HIV positive, Russell-Moyle said he was diagnosed 10 years ago, when he was 22, and that medical advances meant he could live an entirely unaffected life.
Continue reading... (https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/nov/29/mp-reveals-he-is-hiv-positive-in-attempt-to-tackle-stigma)
Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle has used a debate in the Commons to announce he is HIV positive, making a personal speech he said was intended to tackle the stigma still associated with the condition.
The first parliamentarian to make such an announcement in the Commons, and the second MP to announce they are HIV positive, Russell-Moyle said he was diagnosed 10 years ago, when he was 22, and that medical advances meant he could live an entirely unaffected life.
Continue reading... (https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/nov/29/mp-reveals-he-is-hiv-positive-in-attempt-to-tackle-stigma)