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*The People First Charter launched in July 2021, during the Berlin International AIDS Society Conference, to promote person first HIV & Sexual Health language. | *The People First Charter launched in July 2021, during the Berlin International AIDS Society Conference, to promote person first HIV & Sexual Health language. | ||
*Language matters. People living with or at risk of HIV experience stigma & discrimination and the wrong language perpetuates this. | *Language matters. People living with or at risk of HIV experience stigma & discrimination and the wrong language perpetuates this. | ||
===[https://cmjcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/CNUS-AppropriateLanguage.pdf The Center for NuLeadership on Urban Solutions]=== | |||
*When we are not called mad dogs, animals, predators, offenders and other derogatory terms, we are referred to as inmates, convicts, prisoners and felons — all terms devoid of humanness which identify us as “things” rather than as people. | |||
*In an effort to assist our transition from prison to our communities as responsible citizens and to create a more positive human image of ourselves, we are asking everyone to stop using these negative terms and to simply refer to us as '''PEOPLE'''. '''People''' currently or formerly incarcerated, '''PEOPLE''' on parole, '''PEOPLE''' recently released from prison, '''PEOPLE''' in prison, '''PEOPLE''' with criminal convictions, but '''PEOPLE'''. | |||
===[https://www.obesityaction.org/action-through-advocacy/weight-bias/people-first-language/ Weight Bias People-First Language]=== | ===[https://www.obesityaction.org/action-through-advocacy/weight-bias/people-first-language/ Weight Bias People-First Language]=== | ||