Krishna Stone is Assistant Director of Community Relations in the Communications Department at Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC), based in New York. Glyn Townson is Chair, BC Persons With AIDS Society, based in Vancouver, Canada. They explain the mission and histories of their organizations. They talk about the peer-support services their organizations provide to their respective communities. They discuss the role of peer support in the various stages of HIV/AIDS. They explore the question of when, for a person with HIV/AIDS, is it important to keep private the information that he or she has the
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