“The AIDS disease is caused by a virus, but the AIDS epidemic is not. The AIDS epidemic is fueled by stigma, by hate, by misinformation, by ignorance, by indifference. Science has accomplished miracles over the past 20 years, and science can now end this disease - but it cannot end the epidemic. We need more than medicine. We can do something about these things. We need to speak out about the changes we need to make in our society.” NeedsYearsEndsPastHateSpeakCan DoIgnoranceDiseaseMiracleMedicineAidsIndifferenceAccomplishedOur SocietyVirusesOver The PastStigmaEpidemicsSpeaks OutCan Do SomethingMisinformationAids Epidemic Author:Elton John
“Think about the stigma that is attached to the idea that alcoholism is a disease, an incurable illness, and you have it. That's a terrible thing to inflict on someone. Labeling alcoholism as a disease, a cause unto itself, simply no longer fits with what we know today about its causes.” ThinkingKnowsIdeasTodayCausesFitTerribleDiseaseIllnessAlcoholismTerrible ThingsStigmaLabeling Book:The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery Source: The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery
“We do know that a percentage of LGBT people avoid and delay screening and care because of fear about or experience of stigma, discrimination or simply lack of knowledge about LGBT people and their health amongst providers. If you avoid or delay screening and care and you have an issue that may be precancerous, by the time you get into screening and care you’re there because it has become acute and you already have a progressed disease.” PeopleIfsKnowsMayCareIssuesHealthDiseaseDiscriminationLgbtDelayPercentagesStigmaScreeningProvidersLack Of Knowledge Author:Barbara Warren
“I felt that if people understood the struggle of recovery, then some of the stigma of addiction might be reduced because the audience would understand in a palpable way that addiction is a disease that tells the afflicted, despite years or even decades of heartbreaking evidence to the contrary, that using will make things better.” PeopleIfsWayYearsMightFeltAudienceStruggleDiseaseUnderstoodEvidenceAddictionDecadesContraryRecoveryDespiteHeartbreakingStigma Author:Brian Lindstrom
“And the stigma hasn't really changed that much in 31 years. You are still getting people - it's a shame-based disease. It's based on sexual transmission. And it's still shame-based. And until people feel strong enough and feel loved enough to actually open up and say, listen, I'm HIV-positive, then we are facing an uphill battle.” PeopleFeelsYearsStillsEnoughStrongChangedBattleDiseaseShameStrong EnoughHivStigmaTransmissionHiv PositiveUphill Battles Author:Elton John
“We give each other a wide berth even if we have the flu, let alone... So, I think that's part of the stigma that people who have diseases suffer. It's almost infectious... if somebody is closer to death, they're almost a bad omen and I think that's terrible.” PeopleIfsThinkingGivingSufferingTerribleDiseaseWideFluStigmaOmen Author:Peter Morgan
“I want the audience to think about how many people are hiding in the shadows with the condition. I want the film to take away the stigma of thinking of this as a disease and an illness to be crushed. I want those in the condition to shine and contribute to the human spirit.” PeopleThinkingWantHumansFilmSpiritAudienceConditionsDiseaseShadowShiningIllnessHidingHuman SpiritCrushedStigmaHiding In The Shadows Author:Paul Dalio
“HIV AIDS is a disease with stigma. And we have learned with experience, not just with HIV AIDS but with other diseases, countries for many reasons are sometimes hesitant to admit they have a problem.” CountrySometimesReasonProblemDiseaseAidsHivStigmaHiv AidsHesitantAids Day Author:Margaret Chan
“I still cannot fathom how difficult it was for the women I met to find out that they were HIV-positive. It is such a courageous undertaking in countries where there is still considerable stigma about the disease. They got tested to ensure that their unborn babies would have a chance of life by being born free of the virus.” StillsCountryFightingDifficultBornChanceBabyMetsDiseaseAidsCourageousTestedVirusesHivUnbornStigmaUndertakingsFathomHiv AidsBorn FreeHiv PositiveUnborn Baby Author:Gabriel Byrne
“Those who have prophesied dreadful consequences as a result of the greater sexual freedom which the young assert - unwanted babies, venereal disease and so on - are usually the very same people who seek the fulfillment of their prophecies by opposing the free availability to the young of contraception and the removal of the stigma and mystification that surround venereal disease.” PeopleYoungSexResultsGreaterBabyDiseaseConsequenceFulfillmentSurroundProphecyOpposingStigmaUnwantedRemovalAvailabilityContraceptionGreat Sex Book:Anarchy in Action Source: Anarchy in Action