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I am #HIVpositive since 2005 due to medical negligence. I have been stigmatised, discriminated, hated, shunned and even ostracised. All because of my SILENCE. And FEAR. Silence makes you vulnerable and fear makes you a coward. Come 2010, I decided to take no more injustice. I had to fight for my survival, for being accepted and loved, for being who I am, not for "what" I am. I didn't want to stay behind society's patriarchal system, neither bind to its conservative traditions and orthodox values. Hence, I decided to speak out, to come out of the closet, to share my stories via blogging with #TheWellProject.
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