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yang amat sangat. Tak pernah I rasa hidup macam tu, walaupun family Iorang kaya, tapi, dia orang tak ada ambil berat tentang I. Apabila diasisihkan kita dah keadaan kita memerlukan kecil hati itu akanberpanjangan kan. I run my own life alone. Jadi, I bawa diri. Dudukmenyewa bilik. I rather stay with my friends at Chow Kit there in a room.Kawan ok”(“Ok, I’m a Muslim. But since I got to know that I have this disease, mylife change, totally change. My relationship with my friends, with familytotally out. OK, the people can say they care but in actual fact, they arenot. Especially those who have more knowledge about HIV/AIDS. So, Ifeel now I am out of the family. Even now, I felt that life is hard,extremely difficult. Never have I experienced this before, although myfamily is rich, they are not concerned about me. When they cut us off andwe are really in need, the hurt remains and runs deep. So, I isolate myself.Stay in a rented room. I rather stay with my friends in a room at Chow Kit.Friends [are] ok”(Transgender, 53yrs, Upper secondary education, SW)Some do get support (moral and physical) from family members in their struggle againstHIV.“Semangat saya, saya tidak pernah putus asa dengan keluarga saya.Mereka tidak asingkan saya. Pergaulan sama sahaja….orang sihatdengan tidak sihat. Mak lah tempat mengadu”(“My will power, I never give up with my family. They didn’t isolate me.Our relationship is still the same…healthy people with the sick people.My mum is my pillar of strength”)(Female, 39yrs, Lower secondary education, Infected Partner)“My family they all knew about it. After they send me to Pelangi foraround 8-9 months, I started to recover from sitting at wheelchair, thenusing walking stick, after not using it anymore. I become fatter and thenbecome handsome like this now. They talked to my father and let himknow of my situation. My family helped me a lot”(Male, 42yrs, Primary education, Heterosexual)“My mum cried. My father like a man lah, keep quiet. He never saidanything lah until today. Only my mum will ask. Have you done thecheck-up? How long do you do your check-up? Have you taken themedication? Any medication can cure this disease or not? How come nomedication can cure this disease, she is still asking. Initially I feelpressured lah, but now not really. They just treat me like normal”(Male, 36yrs, University education, MSM)“My wife and my parents knew about it. They told me to come back toMyanmar, but I refused it”(Male, 30yrs, No formal education, Refugee)54