HIV/AIDS Advocates Boldly State Their Rights
Coming Out
By Ana Santos
www.anasantoswrites.com
PUBLISHED: DECEMBER 2009
Every one can be an HIV/AIDS advocate. That’s exactly what these everyday people whose photographs appear here want to say.
Together with various organizations working for the promotion of sexual health – Victoria Court, DKT Philippines (makers of Trust, Frenzy and Premiere condoms), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the UNAIDS – these advocates have come together to increase consciousness about HIV/AIDS prevention.
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These advocates are not models or celebrities. Some have never even been photographed before. These are real every day people who have in one way or another have been touched by HIV/AIDS. Some have friends who are living with HIV, others have loved ones who succumbed to the disease. There are those who themselves are living with HIV.
These advocates have seen, have felt and have lived through this epidemic. And this is exactly why they are making a bold move to state their rights when it comes to HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention.
Wearing nothing but the AIDS ribbon, the universally recognized icon of support and empathy for HIV/AIDS, these advocates bared their all as a testament that everyone can do their part to keep the promise and stop AIDS.
May their stories and their statements change the way you look at HIV/AIDS.
PRODUCTION CREW
Photography: Mitch Mauricio
Styling and art direction: Alcs Porras
Make-up: Ana Santos
Hair by Ruel Papa of L'Oreal Professionnel Paris*
Shot on location at Victoria Court, Pasig
Thank you to DKT Philippines, Victoria Court Pasig, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) for their support of this campaign. |
