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Spurred by the isolation and stigma he felt around discovering he was HIV-positive, Tyler Curry founded The Needle Prick Project, a series of photos and stories to help people open a frank discussion about what it means to be positive.

Although many people can now live long, healthy lives with HIV, the stigma remains, keeping people from getting tested and fomenting violence and discrimination. Groups like The Stigma Project work to neutralize this stigma.

On September 21, Positively Aware, a publication of Chicago group TPAN, will stage A Day With HIV, a global online photo campaign that captures the impact of HIV on their life, to help battle stigma.