.TheAshleyRose__ has lived with HIV since birth—and by owning her differences, she's made a career for herself that is changing lives. Tap the link for more on this incredible 21-year-old activist's journey, in partnership with yorkuniversity:
Currently lives in: TorontoAdopted as an infant into a large, loving family, Ashley Rose Murphy remembers the moment her parents told her that she had been born with HIV. “My adoptive parents told me I had the virus when I was seven years old. They also told me not to tell anyone as they were afraid people would be mean and discriminate against me,” she says. “I told everyone. And, yes, some people were awful.
When Murphy was 10, she was asked to speak about her experience as the only child in Canada openly living with the virus at a conference for medical professionals. “Seeing them raise their hands, ask me questions and write down the answers made me feel empowered,” she says. “From then on, I started speaking out as often as I could. My goals were to reduce the stigma and educate youth to reduce new infections.
If there’s one thing Murphy is striving to teach the world about people living with HIV, it’s this: “Undetectable equals untransmittable—that’s huge. A person who has HIV and who takes their medication and whose virus has dropped to an undetectable level in their body—meaning it is not found when their blood is tested—cannot pass HIV on to others,” she explains. “I can get married and have children and not pass it on. I can live a fairly long life.
Murphy also loves studying theatre and hopes to become an artist—singing, writing and recording songs and acting —as well as continuing her journey as an activist and speaker. Her work legitimizes the struggle that people living with HIV face just to be treated kindly. “One young woman wrote to me and told me that I had saved her life,” she says. “It is immensely satisfying knowing that I have been behind some of the changes in policies medical staff follow when treating youth with HIV.
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