OUR ADVOCACY

It’s about collaboration. Positivism is a movement of people of different genders, sexualities, ages, walks of life and HIV-statuses, united by the intense desire to ignite change. Thus, we work side by side to create and maintain a spokesmedium for HIV in the Philippines.

It’s about information. We believe that ignorance breeds guilt, fear and prejudice. Our advocacy aims to offer Filipinos – at home and all over the world – a deeper, more sensitive understanding of HIV/AIDS, through the dissemination of credible, easy-to-grasp facts.

It’s about tolerance and respect. When talking about matters of the heart and spirit, we refer to a universal love that transcends sexuality and we speak of a God that goes beyond all philosophies and religions.

It’s about perspective. We don’t take HIV lightly but we want to approach it with a lightness of spirit. Being HIV-positive is not the end of everything. Being HIV-negative is not reason to be ignorant or apathetic. We wish to offer comfort and guidance as well as increase awareness and breed open-mindedness, so we can shed all negativity and embrace positivism.

pos•i•tiv•ism |'pä-zә-ti-,vi-zәm| (poz-i-tuh-viz-uhm)

Function
noun

Etymology
French positivisme, from positif positive + -isme –ism

1. the state or quality of being positive; definiteness; assurance. 2. a philosophical system founded by Auguste Comte, concerned with positive facts and phenomena, and excluding speculation upon ultimate causes or origins.

What it is
Certainty, assurance, knowledge, education, information, confidence, optimism, enthusiasm, contentment, euphoria, rapture, cheer, hope, lightness, constructiveness, concern, involvement

What it isn’t
Doubt, skepticism, uncertainty, ignorance, confusion, negativity, pessimism, defeatism, gloom, fatalism, hopelessness, depression, despair, despondency, angst, apprehension, prejudice, apathy, indifference, cynicism, disinterest, unconcern, dispassion, detachment