Handmade doll: Lola
Part of the Stitches collection.ST-IND-CH-0018
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Lola

MichelleLatina, Brooklyn, NY

The story

I was born due to the love between my mother Michelle and my gay Uncle Dan. If everyone in the world could be like them (Michelle is a black woman and Dan is white) and they both are of different cultures. Life together they create a better world to live in with this virus called HIV

About this doll
Represents
HIV/AIDS
Heritage
Afro
Birth date
February 22, 1967
Diagnosis
1991
Exhibited at
NAPWA 2009

Behind the collection

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These dolls, created by women with HIV/AIDS, show that the disease is one with multiple layers that each woman must peel away in order to live a positive life.

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Exhibited at

NAPWA 2009

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