Editing Bob Geldof (section)

===AIDS 2014 Conference===
During a special session at the [[XX International AIDS Conference, 2014]], Geldof referred to [[sex workers]] as "[[Prostitute|hookers]]",<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/PIo4TMZSMy4 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20150528090804/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIo4TMZSMy4 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIo4TMZSMy4 |title=A Conversation with Sir Bob Geldof: HIV and Poverty - the Challenges Ahead |publisher=International AIDS Conferences |date=15 August 2014 |access-date=20 November 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> for which he was subsequently criticised. Christian Vega, a [[sex workers' rights]] activist and a member of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]'s peer-only Victorian Sex Industry Network (VIXEN), criticised speakers including Geldof for their use of pejorative language; Vega contended that this language perpetuated stigmas that are among the key barriers to HIV prevention.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/07/24/engage-africa-fight-aids-geldof |title=Engage with Africa to fight AIDS: Geldof |publisher=SBS News |date=24 July 2014 |access-date=20 November 2014}}</ref> Geldof responded to the criticism during the closing session of the conference: "I read today in the paper that my talk yesterday was littered with profanities – fuck them." In Geldof's view, rights-based language hampered HIV prevention, and he defended using terms such as "hookers" and "[[wikt:junky|junkies]]": "Let's not get distracted by diversionary language. Let's call it as it is."<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/ZNATkRmIUp0 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20150522092413/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNATkRmIUp0 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNATkRmIUp0 |title=Closing Session |publisher=International AIDS Conferences |date=28 July 2014 |access-date=20 November 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In a radio show after the conference on [[Joy 94.9]], Vega dismissed Geldof's view that rights-based language was a waste of time as "ridiculous". In Vega's view, this language served as an important tool to challenge [[Social stigma|stigma]] and discrimination, particularly within an HIV context.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://joy.org.au/saturdaymagazine/2014/07/when-someone-calls-you-a-hooker/ |title=When someone calls you a hooker |publisher=Ben Rylan JOY 94.9 |date=26 July 2014 |access-date=20 November 2014}}</ref>