http://www.opendemocracy.net/globalization-hiv/debate.jsp Comments for "hiv / aids: what policy for life?" en http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/globalisation/hiv_aids/curse_cure#comment-439289 <p>I live in Charlotte, North Carolina and have a disabled adult in the home. I am the guardian of the person and they are HIV positive. I never thought I would take care of somebody with HIV or let them live in my home. I am HIV negative but I am gay. When you have a person in the home who has HIV many people think everybody in the home has HIV. When you are Gay people jump to the point that I must have HIV and have given this to the disabled adult in the home. I know many people from social services thought this about me. I have lost jobs and the Stigma of HIV in many ways has destroyed my life. I lost my last job due to getting outed at work. Many people at my last job thought I had HIV also. I am still out of work. People are so nasty today about Gay people and HIV. I am a good person and take care of a disabled adult who has HIV. Many people in the south treat me like dirt because I am Gay. People with Aids and HIV should not be treated so bad. This is 2008 and many people are sick. The world needs to treat everybody better who is suffering. The world as a whole needs to do much better when it comes to the stigma of HIV.</p> Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:28:36 +0000 JimKlich comment 439289 at http://www.opendemocracy.net