Positively Proud Partnering

Positively Connected (VARCS), AIDS Vancouver Island (AVI) & VPWAS join forces to create ...

Social and Support Networking for POZ Gay/Bi Men in Victoria!

As you can see from the attached poster of programs at VPWAS, things are going strong!!! and we are on the verge of creating something special again in our community of people living with HIV in Victoria and on Vancouver Island.

Positively Proud Partnering

As we strive to bring to you, the membership of VPWAS, more and varied programs and services such as Positive+ Women, Just US Guys and Journaling (welcome back to VPWAS Warren Bailey, facilitator of “Journaling”), we have partnered with Positively Connected and AVI for social and support networking for poz gay/bi men living in Victoria. Positively Connected is a pilot program that is creating something unique for gay/bi men living with HIV that includes social connections as well as support, this project, created through VARCS is led by Michael Yoder.

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Just Us Guys

Just Us Guys is a facilitated support group for men living with HIV

Held the second and fourth Wednesday of each month (starting April 25)

Meetings start at 2pm at Vancouver Island Persons Living With

HIV/AIDS Society (VPWAS)
101-1139 Yates Street

Sponsored by VIPWAS and supported by Positively Connected

(Victoria AIDS Resource & Community Service Society)

For information contact:
VIPWAS at 250-382-7927 support@vpwas.com
or positivelyconnected@shaw.ca

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It takes a Village to Raise a Fag

So much happens between the split second of a much-hated question and the stilted response. I look into his eyes to see if he has caught me over-thinking my comeback. “I get tested every 3 to 6 months for STI’s.” Cool, he says. Before the moment’s lost and because I don’t want to be sent to jail, I say, “And in the spirit of transparency, you need to know I’m undetectable.” Then he affably responds by saying, “Oh, so that means you’re clean/clean.”

Robert Birch, the Men`s Wellness Coordinator at AIDS Vancouver Island (avi.org) is featured as a guest writer on PositiveLite.com (positivelite.com) and this week writes about queer community, history and “Is gay even relevant anymore?”

http://positivelite.com/content/news/news-sections/activism/item/it-takes-a-village

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