Premier: HIV Made Me Fabulous

Please join us November 26, 2021 for the premiere of HIV Made Me Fabulous, a World AIDS Day event in collaboration with CATIE and GNP+, to raise awareness and show support for women living with HIV.

Research shows that people living with HIV who have an undetectable viral load cannot transmit the virus to their sexual partners. Despite such remarkable advances in medicine, people living with HIV continue to face profound forms of stigma and violence. This affects women differently than men and can have long-term negative consequences.

HIV Made Me Fabulous is a short film directed by Edmond Kilpatrick that tells the personal story of Juno Roche, a writer, activist and trans woman who has been living with HIV for more than 25 years. The film experience is embodied, featuring candid storytelling accentuated by visual cues and dance performed by three women.

In addition to screening the film, this online event will feature an interactive discussion with women living with HIV and women working in the global HIV response.

Speakers:

Valerie Nicholson, Elder and peer researcher, Simon Fraser University; BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Juno Roche, writer and film narrator
Florence Anam, Program Manager, Global Network of People Living with HIV
Marvelous Muchenje, PhD Candidate, University of Toronto; social work and global health practitioner
Edmond Kilpatrick, film producer and director
Allison Carter, film producer, The Kirby Institute and the Australian Human Rights Institute, University of New South Wales
Angela Kaida, film producer, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University and the Women’s Health Research Institute

This webinar is open to all audiences, including people living with HIV, healthcare workers, community advocates, policy makers, social service providers, sexual health educators, researchers, educators and members of the general public.

We respectfully acknowledge that SFU sits on unceded Coast Salish Territory, the traditional lands of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), and Katzie Nations.