A graduate of B.S. in Architecture from Cagayan de Oro City in Mindanao, the group of islands in southern Philippines, Stephen Christian Quilacio joined the HIV – and eventually, LGBTQIA – advocacy in 2012, when they co-founded the very first support group for people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Northern Mindanao. It was – Seven stressed – a much-needed effort, considering that particularly outside of metropolitan areas, those who are also affected by HIV are often ignored/neglected. By 2015, Seven established LIMA, a community theater company, that predominantly showcased Lima that consisted of monologues from and about PLHIVs, their loved ones, and those affected by HIV. Concept development was done with Outrage Magazine, with initial support from the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP). This morphed into Red Lives, a collation of HIV-related stories curated into monologues that are staged in various contexts all over the Philippines “to give HIV a human face.” Seven is also Outrage Magazine‘s Mindanao correspondent. As a person living with HIV, they continue to provide much-needed insights on HIV, particularly how this affects those at the fringes of society. “Mainstreaming the issues of those at the fringes should be a given. But because it’s not, then we push,” Seven says.