People With AIDS (PWA) or People With HIV (PWH), referring to HIV/AIDS positive people, is a term of self-empowerment adopted by people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV/AIDS) in the early years of the HIV/AIDS pandemic as an alternative to the passive "AIDS patient". The phrase arose largely from the ACT UP activist community, however use of the term may or may not indicate association with a particular political group.
People With AIDS (PWA) or People With HIV (PWH), referring to HIV/AIDS positive people, is a term of self-empowerment adopted by people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV/AIDS) in the early years of the HIV/AIDS pandemic as an alternative to the passive "AIDS patient". The phrase arose largely from the ACT UP activist community, however use of the term may or may not indicate association with a particular political group.
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