Member Perspectives: Lex Brown
As we prepare for our exciting tour to South Africa next June, we have shared stories from current members who recall chorus friends they lost to AIDS. We will be meeting with groups and individuals in Johannesburg and Cape Town who continue to be effected by the global pandemic, where about 20% of the adult population are fighting the disease and medical help is not always available. The final story is from Baritone Lex Brown, who bravely shares his story of his HIV diagnosis in college and the isolation he felt and the action he’s taken within the poz community. Lex will be traveling to South Africa, serving as a model of an HIV-positive man who is not letting his diagnosis define who he is. ________________________________________________________________________________________ It has taken me a long time to be comfortable revealing that I am HIV positive. I’ve faced shaming from within my family and bullying by students at an Ivy League university who are suppos