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Julie is a journalist with a deep commitment to exploring the roots of social injustice through writing, photo and video. She's written for The Baltimore Sun and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, worked in Thailand and Argentina, and spent the past two years writing about AIDS and homelessness for the nonprofit Housing Works. She lives in New York City.

 

Jackson, Mississippi. Thirty years after the discovery of AIDS, HIV stigma continues to ravage the lives of people living with the virus. Earnest, David, Victoria and Jackie, as well as the other individuals in this series, have all been rejected by family and friends because they are HIV positive. Nonetheless, they have chosen to share their status as a way to heal. Published in HIV Plus Magazine and featured on the Human Rights Watch web site.