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Michael Johnson (a.k.a. “Tiger Mandingo”), the college wrestler who was sentenced to 30 years behind bars for allegedly not disclosing his HIV status to his sexual partners, is speaking out for the first time since being released from prison earlier this month. In 2015, Johnson was found guilty of “recklessly infecting” multiple male partners with HIV while he was a student at Lindenwood University in Missouri. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a jury pool stacked with...

(image via Depositphotos) A survey from the UK shows 48% of respondents say they would be uncomfortable kissing someone who is living with HIV, even though 97% of those diagnosed in the UK are virally supressed thanks to modern antiretroviral medications. The survey, commissioned by the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) and executed by YouGov, found high levels of stigma still abound when it comes to HIV. Multiple studies have shown that people living with HIV and on effective treatment report viral levels...

(image via Depositphotos) A survey from the UK shows 48% of respondents say they would be uncomfortable kissing someone who is living with HIV, even though 97% of those diagnosed in the UK are virally supressed thanks to modern antiretroviral medications. The survey, commissioned by the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) and executed by YouGov, found high levels of stigma still abound when it comes to HIV. Multiple studies have shown that people living with HIV and on effective treatment report viral levels...
Gabriel Estrëla

For the last thirty years, the world created controversy and stigma around people who have been living with AIDS. The gay community was affected at a larger scale and this condition became something to be ashamed of, a reality you needed to hide. It has been a struggle to be a person living with HIV until recently, when the social movements and activists finally got results. Living with HIV is no longer something to be ashamed of, nor something you...

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