HIV positive man wins Mr Gay New Zealand stat : Gay Star News

A Kiwi hottie dedicated to HIV advocacy has taken out the 2017 Mr Gay New Zealand title. Auckland man, Charlie Tredway, is not only living with HIV but devotes his life to HIV advocacy and community awareness. 'I know I sort of seem like a one issue pony but creating a discussion around HIV and Sexual Health is the reason I wanted to enter in Mr Gay NZ,' he said. Tredway, 33, is a community engagement officer at the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) and won the competition on Sunday. 'And as an HIV positive person, you only need open an app and disclose to encounter hostility and misguided fear.




On this Valentine's Day, he writes a letter to his HIV positive single friend. I know of people who use condoms always and are their partners are not HIV positive. This valentine's day, have a pact with yourself – that you will love yourself more than ever before. Let's do it again this valentine's day. HIV positive people are capable of living absolutely fantastic lives.


"The long acting ring slowly releases an anti-retroviral drug called dapivirine, a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase that prevents the virus from replicating in healthy cells. The ring contains a combination of ARV products and is supposed to sit on the cervix. According to the United Nation AIDS (UNAIDS) estimates for 2014, over one million people are living with HIV in Malawi with a larger percentage being women. Speaking during a training workshop organized by journalists association against AIDS (Journaids) at Bridge View Hotel in Lilongwe, UNC project study coordinator, Tchangani Tembo, said the vaginal ring is designed to protect women from HIV infection during sex. JournAIDS programmes manager, Dingaan Mithi, said women and girls were responding well as far as the dapivirine ring subject is concerned, citing a project they are running in Mchinji with Mudzi Wathu community radio station.



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