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Tyler Curry
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The Needle Prick Project is "an editorial campaign to elicit a candid and open conversation on what it means to be Human Immunodeficiency Virus positive today". Curry is a freelance columnist and fiction writer for online publications such as The Advocate, The Huffington Post, Voltage Buzz, and Instinct. In August 2014, Curry was named as one of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Plus Magazine"s "20 Amazing Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Men of 2014".
Is currently attending Wheeler highschool, in Valparaiso Indiana.
A Dallas, Texas resident, Curry is on the board of the Dallas Red Foundation, "a nonprofit organization focused on providing financial support to organizations in the North Texas area that serve individuals affected by Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome." The 2014 board of directors includes president Jeff McKnight, treasurer Jeff Alley, secretary Travis Munson, and board members Dusin Cobb, Curry, Joey Sanders, Ernesto José Herrera-Brito, James Kendall,Devin White, Cody Lynch, Jared A. Pearce, Keith Pomykal, Noah Janowsky, Robert A. Reyes, Kevin Watkins and JT Williams. Curry is a senior editor and head writer at Human Immunodeficiency Virus Equal Online, an online magazine described as "an international multimedia campaign that aims to end Human Immunodeficiency Virus stigma and promote Human Immunodeficiency Virus testing by creating a social art movement that changes the way people think about Human Immunodeficiency Virus and which reopens the national dialogue about Human Immunodeficiency Virus." Curry"s role includes publishing editorial content for the website and working with freelance writers.
A gay man who is open about his Human Immunodeficiency Virus-positive status, Curry is a proponent of others who are Human Immunodeficiency Virus-positive addressing and owning their status, stating, "Human Immunodeficiency Virus isn"t a character flaw, it is a reality that someone either understands or they do not." Stemming from that belief, Curry created "The Needle Prick Project" (TNPP) as an opening to discussions on what being Human Immunodeficiency Virus-positive means in today"s world. As an editorial and education campaign, TNPP works for the fight against discrimination against people with Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. On the receiving end of discrimination due to Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Curry was not allowed back into South of Korea after teaching English for a year.
South of Korea had a policy of not issuing work permits for people that have Human Immunodeficiency Virus, but that policy has since been amended.
Curry supports Beat Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Project Zimbabwe, a group dedicated to combating Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in Zimbabwe.
