Logistics

Description

Welcome & Introductions
12:00-12:15
Host

HIV Stigma Index Canada
12:15-12:45
Sean Rourke

The latest on the HIV Stigma Index in Canada.

Breakout room discussion
12:45-13:00

What do you think?

Break
13:00-13:10

Do your thing.

Humour and HIV
13:10-13:40
James Tison

Is it okay to make jokes about HIV? What’s appropriate and what isn’t? In this session, HIV Positive comic James Tison will share some of his stand up, examining the relationship between humor and stigma. Sharing some of what they’ve learned as a young(ish) comedian who tells jokes about their status.

Breakout Room Discussion
13:40-13:55
Moderated

Is it okay to make jokes about HIV? What do you think?

Break
13:55-14:00

Do your thing.

Dating, Sex, and HIV
14:00-14:45
Mark S. King & Jade Elektra

Even with advances like PrEP and being undetectable, negotiating the sexual terrain can be treacherous and downright harmful to your self-esteem. How do you find the love (or the no-strings sex) that you want, and how much crap do you have to take to find it? Join poz blogger Mark S. King and provocateur Jade Elektra to find out.

Break
14:45-14:50

Do your thing.

Women and HIV Stigma
14:50-15:20
Carmen Logie

HIV, gender, race, sexual orientation, sex work, food and housing insecurity: what do these have to do with HIV-related stigma? This session will focus on the ways that racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and sex work stigma intersect and are woven into the ways that HIV stigma is experienced among women living with HIV. We will discuss the harmful effects of stigma, and the ways in which women living with HIV navigate and resist stigma.

Breakout Room Discussion
15:20-15:35
Moderated

TBA.

Break
15:35-15:40

Do your thing.

Global Panel Discussion
15:40-16:25
Mark Fisher, Three Flying Piglets & Eileen Yam

A global panel discussion focusing on the unique experience of HIV across the world.

Break
16:25-16:30

Do your thing.

Wrap up and evaluation
16:30-17:00