Why Language Matters: A Girl Like Me LIVE

Submitted on Dec 15, 2021

 

Throughout their lives, women may experience multiple forms of oppression and discrimination based on gender, race, sexual identity, socioeconomic status, or other factors. The oppression and discrimination are often reinforced through language. Adding an HIV diagnosis can magnify this oppression and affect self-worth, confidence, and self-identity. The words that are used to talk about people living with HIV affect the way people living with HIV feel about themselves.

In the 14th episode of A Girl Like Me LIVE, Ciarra "Ci Ci" Covin joins long-term survivor Vickie Lynn in speaking about the significance of the language we use to talk about HIV. Watch the final discussion of 2021 as these two extraordinary women talk about why language is important, how we can bring awareness to its importance, and what people can do to evoke change. 

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