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Updated 2 years ago,March 23, 2023
Laverne Cox has spent her life breaking through barriers.
Now, she wants to help break another: the stigma and misunderstanding surrounding the HIV+ community.
Like so many people, Lavernes first experiences with being a Poz individual were not necessarily positive.
She notes that there was a distinct sense of shame from the onset.
There was so much stigma to unpack.
Unpack she has, through she says that like anything else, its a process.
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Language becomes the stories we tell ourselves, then our thoughts create our belief systems.
Think about a whole culture of that, she said.
A whole culture that stigmatizes certain behaviors, and a certain group.
But Laverne is committed to doing her part to rewrite the narrative.
She has also partnered for a campaign that will help others in the HIV+ community.
(Plus, she notes that the bandaids themselves are quite chic.)
She concludes by affirming that her life work is about supporting dignity for everyone.
