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Title: Salt Lake Tribune & World AIDS Day
Post by: engineergirl on December 04, 2008, 02:35:57 pm

I was in the Salt Lake Tribune... I was on the cover!

Activism step taken...

Check it out here...

http://amandajbrown.blogspot.com/

A^manda

Title: Re: Salt Lake Tribune & World AIDS Day
Post by: Peter Staley on December 06, 2008, 09:44:14 am

Congratulations, Amanda!

I looked up the article.  Very nice job of activism.  I really admire the stigma-busting action you took by being this public.

Here's the article:
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_11108888

I loved the description of your leukocytes lesson to your partner's kids.

Here's one of the pics of you they ran online:

(http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site297/2008/1130/20081130__AIDS_1201~10_Gallery.jpg)

Again, Brava!

Peter

Title: Re: Salt Lake Tribune & World AIDS Day
Post by: engineergirl on December 12, 2008, 09:23:02 pm

Peter!!

Thank you!  Thank you so much!  I needed that...

A week after the article ran, my partner was fired from her position, "at will."

We have filed a complaint with the ACLU and they contacted us today... I've wrote some of the story here...

Things have been very tough.  I'm now trying to support four kids and my partner and it's really hard.

See the progress of our ACLU plea and follow up here:

www.amandajbrown.blogspot.com

Thanks again!

A^manda

Title: Re: Salt Lake Tribune & World AIDS Day
Post by: YaKaMein on December 15, 2008, 03:13:03 pm

Kudos for sharing your story and taking a stand. It's inspiring to me as a male survivor of rape who was infected from my attack. I'm determined to 'come forth' someday too. Until then, thanks for being braver than I right now. Yay!

Bricks to those idiots [neg comments to article] who are so full of hatred and stupidity. Double bricks to Jess' employer and the ensuing discrimination. Such reactions are unbelievable.

-YaKa

Title: Re: Salt Lake Tribune & World AIDS Day
Post by: engineergirl on January 22, 2009, 01:13:01 am

It's been a while since I updated everyone on the current status of everything...

Disneyland, Reality, and Rabbit Holes:  www.lesbianmommas.blogspot.com (http://www.lesbianmommas.blogspot.com)

Wrongful Termination Lawyer:  www.amandajbrown.blogspot.com (http://www.amandajbrown.blogspot.com)