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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 HIV/AIDS." Curry is a senior editor and head writer at
HIV Equal Online, an online magazine described as "an international multimedia campaign that aims to end HIV stigma and promote HIV testing by creating a social art movement that changes the way people think about HIV and which reopens the national dialogue about HIV." Curry's role includes publishing editorial content for the website and working with
freelance writers. A gay man who is open about his HIV-positive status, Curry is a proponent of others who are
HIV-positive addressing and owning their status, stating, "HIV 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 HIV-positive means in today's world. As an editorial and education campaign, TNPP works for the fight against
discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS. On the receiving end of discrimination due to HIV, Curry was not allowed back into
South Korea after
teaching English for a year. South Korea had a policy of not issuing
work permits for people that have HIV, but that policy has since been amended. In 2015, Curry released the children's book
A Peacock Among Pigeons, illustrated by Clarione Gutierrez. The book was awarded The Enchanted Page Book Award in 2016 by the Literary Classics website and was turned into a musical, with score and lyrics written by composer
John Bucchino Curry supports Beat AIDS Project Zimbabwe, a group dedicated to combating
HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe. ==Bibliography==