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Top.Gun@f462.n204.z1.fidonet.org (Top Gun) writes:

>I'd like to propose some new (I think)
>terminology.  I first ran into this
>in Dublin, Ireland, and I quite
>like the sound of it.  The term is
>Body Positive, 'BP'.  It is used in place
>of the term HIV+.  I believe it
>puts forth positive imagery of a disease '
>that is devastatingly negative to
>most of the world.

"Body Positive" is the name of the support organization for HIV +
people in NYC, and I think the same name is used for a similar
organization on Boston.

Jack Carroll