DOMENICA 28 APRILE 2024 – H 19:15 – TRENTA FORMICHE – ROMA
Talks by some of the people who wrote SIEROCOINVOLTƏ – La rivoluzione sessuale riparte dall’HIV (en. the sexual revolution starts with HIV), a publishing project by Conigli Bianchi and PrEP in Italy – Eris Edizioni. People will speak mainly in Italian.
— We’ve written a book! We did it collectively because we wanted to break the wall of silence and stigma surrounding HIV by bringing together multiple voices: SIEROCOINVOLTƏ – LA RIVOLUZIONE SESSUALE RIPARTE DALL’HIV (en. Seroinvolved, the sexual revolution restarts from HIV) – (Eris Edizioni). A narrative that embraces a multitude of visions, many of which have been silenced for years. It’s a way to revisit the past, capture the present, and think about a future of HIV community engagement and activism. SIEROCOINVOLTƏ – LA RIVOLUZIONE SESSUALE RIPARTE DALL’HIV is a journey of a multifaceted, sex-positive, and proud-positive Alice, who traverses a wonderland made of words and illustrations to increase both their own awareness and that of the reader.
It has been over 40 years since the isolation of the HIV virus, but there is still much confusion about it today. What is the difference between HIV and AIDS? What is viral load? What does HIV community engagement and activism mean? There is a need to talk about prevention, to find the right words and fight stigma and serophobia, but also to normalize conversations around sex and safer sex, while also reclaiming a proudly bold language.
Focused on the Italian situation, characterized by institutional absences that have made activism and the work of associations crucial, this text aims to tell about the subversive power of visibility, what PrEP is, where and how to get tested, the importance of social networks and relationships, and much more, because HIV is not just “science” but is also, and above all, community. To change the paradigm, everyone’s involvement is needed, because we are all involved!