2019 Kaiser Family Foundation survey, almost one in five Americans still report they would not feel comfortable working with a person living with HIV (PLHIV).
Less than half were aware of PrEP or the term “undetectable,” and only one in four could affirm that HIV medications are “very effective” at improving the health of PLHIV.HIV ignorance, intertwined (as it is) with racism, xenophobia, homophobia, and transphobia, results in HIV discrimination.
For example, a 2015 Williams Institute survey of PLHIV in Los Angeles found that over 30 percent had experienced HIV-based discrimination in housing, employment, or health care in the prior five years.