#HIV Stigma

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Daniel Villarreal at LGBTQ Nation:

MAGA social media influencers are spreading a lie from a “parody” account on X claiming that gay Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is HIV-positive. While nothing substantiates this claim, right-wingers have begun recirculating it to make sexually explicit, homophobic attacks. In response, his husband, Chasten Buttigieg, urged his own social media followers to keep working to elect the Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris. The lie originated from an October 1 post by the X account Breaking 911. The post simply read, “BREAKING: Pete Buttigieg reveals that he is HIV-positive.” The post didn’t link to or mention any sources. The account’s bio says, “The king of the gays. Parody artist. If you fell for my bait, you owe me eight dollars.” The post has since been reshared from the account at least 795 times and viewed over 1 million times as of Thursday evening. The account has since posted other false headlines, including ones that former President Donald Trump’s wife filed for divorce, the Pope resigned, and that Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz was accused of sexual assault. None of these claims are true.

MAGA influencers such as Stew Peters are spreading the homophobic lie that Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is “HIV-positive.”

See Also:

The Advocate: Conservatives push harmful lie that Pete Buttigieg is HIV-positive​

[archaeocommunologist]

Really? We're really making AIDS jokes out of left field?

[making-mxtakes]

So I've made up some artwork for out charity fundraiser.

All of these designs are on redbubble and all ten have their own section in the shop. All profits from the sales of these will be placed straight in the collection pot we have. All of these designs are limited and will be taken off the shop on the 6th June, ahead of official charity auction on the 7th.

A reminder that this year's charities will be Trans Pride Brighton, Lunch Positive and The Clocktower Sanctuary. All three are amazing charities.

Links below are our redbubble direct link and the collection pot for the fundraiser.

Thank you and please share around

[ninecolors]

Today @cesida has organized the 2nd HIV+ Pride March, to bring awareness to the issues that HIV positive people still face today, from prejudice by healthcare providers to discrimination at work to institutional negligence to harmful stereotyping in media. And because it is always good to be reminded of it: Undetectable means Untransmissible. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ Hoy @cesida ha organizado la 2° Marcha Pride VIH+, para visibilizar los problemas que la gente VIH+ sigue teniendo que afrontar, desde los prejuicios en los servicios sanitarios hasta la discriminación laboral, pasando por el abandono institucional o los estereotipos negativos en los medios. Y porque siempre merece la pena recordarlo: Indetectable significa Intransmisible.

[self-care-tips-free]

Busting the Myths Common Misconceptions About HIV Explained

https://self-care-tips.com/post-details/busting-the-myths-common-misconceptions-about-hiv-explained

[morningmantra]

Navigating Life with HIV: A Journey of Resilience and Hope

Navigating Life with HIV: A Journey of Resilience and Hope

Understanding HIV and AIDS HIV, or the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, is a virus that attacks the body’s immune system, the body’s defense against infections. Over time, HIV can weaken the immune system to the point where it’s unable to fight off infections and diseases. This weakens the overall health and increases the risk of developing serious infections and illnesses. AIDS, or Acquired…

[virginpornstar]

Cancel Culture can come for anyone, and this time is came for me. Expressing my preferences for being with a man that doesn't have HIV made all of black gay Twitter come for me. I've received thousands of hateful messages in the past week, but thankfully I can still find the humor in this situation. There's so much hilarious irony in the gay community bullying a gay man over expressing what type of men he wants to be with.

Branden's Boy Problems Episode 131: Cancelled

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[incognitomoustache]

Dr. Oratt: "We're hesitant to discuss Pa'nar Syndrome, doctor. This illness is unique to a sub-culture, a small percentage of our population. Their behavior is neither tolerated nor sanctioned."

'Stache's list of favourite Star Trek episodes:

Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-2005) 2x14 – "Stigma" (1/6)

[ss-dolphin]

I’m on the last page of my essay and it’s barely noon omg. It also helps that I don’t feel like it’s total shit from the butt

[hopetorun]

it is six minutes past when my workday ends on summer fridays, and i am waiting for approval on two different stories for our website, both of which really ought to go up today and one of which also needs social posts scheduled out. i resent every moment i am sitting at my laptop thinking about these stories and not making the chocolate pudding pie i got all the ingredients for yesterday.

[archaeocommunologist]

It is truly amazing that, like clockwork, as soon as someone accuses me of "hiding behind accusations of HIV stigma," someone else will show up in their notes to display some fucking HIV stigma.

This has passed without comment by tributary. Because of course it has. One of her friends has done the old song and dance of soft-justifying HIV stigma by admitting its existence, but then denying that I ever appreciably experienced it and asserting that I'm certainly lying about how much I experienced it. After all, as has been well-established, the best authorities on HIV stigma are low-risk women!

Everything old is new again. Same as it ever was.

[metz-n-matteo]

Help our friend Shad Cruz (pictured second from the right) raise funds for his AIDS/LifeCycle @aidslifecycle journey. It is a 545 mile cycling trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The donations support life-saving services offered by San Francisco AIDS Foundation @sfaidsfound and the Los Angeles LGBT Center @lalgbtcenter.

Donate here!

[ninecolors]

HIV: THE OTHER CLOSET

Imagine an unknown virus is spreading at incredible speed, causing a global pandemic that kills millions everywhere.

And now imagine that nobody cares. Nobody does anything about it. Nobody even talks about what's happening. Even worse, in many places the research into this lethal virus and possible ways to stop it are actively obstructed.

That's how the AIDS pandemic was for several decades.

World AIDS Day, held on 1 December every year since 1988, is an international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV.

In the 40 years since the first cases of AIDS were discovered, enormous strides have been made in our knowledge of HIV and how to manage it, but there is still a great deal of work yet do be done to end the pandemic that never went away.

Thanks to the efforts of activists, scientists, and educators around the world, today a diagnosis is not necessarily a death sentence. Progress continues at an ever-accelerating pace, reaching milestones that were unthinkable only a few years ago:

U = U

With the treatments now available, a person living with HIV can have a totally normal life, including not being contagious. Yes, you read that right. When a person living with HIV receives adequate treatment, the virus is suppressed to the point that is no longer detectable in their blood: they become undetectable.

Undetectable means untransmissible. In other words, that person is not able to pass the virus to others.

PrEP and PEP

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) are two kinds of medication that are highly effective in preventing the transmission of HIV. They have been made available recently, and their implementation is still limited, but these drugs are already playing a critical role in reducing transmission rates among at-risk populations.

HIV Vaccine

We have never been closer to an effective and long-lasting vaccine against HIV. Thousands of researchers and volunteers around the globe are working tirelessly to develop one. Currently the Mosaico Study is the most promising candidate.

VIHsibility

The visibility of HIV/AIDS characters in media has come a long way, both in quantity and quality. These representations are important because they have real-world impact in people's perceptions and behaviors. For example, after the success of the British show "It's a Sin", there was a significant increase in HIV testing in the UK.

[lgbtq-archives]

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[acelessthan3]

I hate that post that's the screenshot of the tweets where the first one is like "What would you do if someone told you they were HIV positive after you had sex?" And the second one is like "Rush to the hospital to get PEP." because while it's very educational and knowing about treatment options is valuable, it strikes me as... very rude.

Like the first step should be a conversation with the partner who just disclosed their status to you. The window of effective treatment is fairly short (72hrs), but you also gotta evaluate if the activities and sex you partook in were high risk and things like whether or not your partner is taking meds or is already at an undetectable viral load.