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Last week, “Uncle Poodle” (Lee Thompson) from the TLC show “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” revealed that he was diagnosed with HIV. By sharing his story, Lee hopes to use his reality TV fame to combat bullying in schools and to advocate safe sex. While it’s refreshing to see a star from a silly show about toddler beauty pageants focus on such a serious (and worthwhile) subject, perhaps one of the most interesting details about Thompson’s revelation is that he decided to press charges against his ex-boyfriend, who infected him.
Domestic violence – or intimate partner violence, as it’s sometimes called- usually conjures images of hitting and punching, bruised faces and shattered bones. At its most tragic, the victim of such abuse might even be killed. Domestic violence certainly includes all that, but the signs aren’t always so obvious.
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