SunStar Editorial: Giving voice to people living with HIV
FIGHT FEAR. Empowering people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV) to connect with families and communities is one step closer to taking down the discrimination and biases that prevent vulnerable populations from seeking testing and treatment to stay healthy and prevent spreading the virus to partners.(SunStar file)
+ February 28, 2021 A JOURNALIST trained to write about other people has a lifetime of professional reticence keeping him or her from tackling a personal essay, specially one that demands searing self-examination and segues into unanticipated, uncomfortable truths.
A pioneering digital journalist in Cebu and former Manila online bureau chief at SunStar Philippines, Gem A. Cabreros ended 11 years of silence when he posted on his personal blog and reposted on Facebook the essay, “I’m HIV-Positive and This is My Story”.