I remember a moment in a play that The Necessary Stage did with Paddy Chew, the only person in Singapore who has ever come out as HIV+. During the Question and Answer segment in the middle of the play, a member of the audience asked: “help me understand you, what can I do to help?” That was a magical moment. It was a moment when Paddy the actor on stage stopped being the emasculated symbol of AIDS, a promiscuous gay man, an object for observation, but became a person with feelings and needs, foibles and strengths, deserving of respect, understanding and compassion – just like everyone else.

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