There are a lot of articles about the stigma of HIV. Authors try to make you aware of it. They try to stop or lessen it. They want you to be human. Good luck with that.
It's unlikely the stigma of HIV will ever go away. It hasn't for being Gay. Why else is the closet still so full? In our culture, if it's not WASPish, middle class & male, there's stigma. What makes being HIV+ so special? Nothing.
You can't legislate, demand or cajole people into being nice. If they are opposed to you, the best you can hope for is that they don't act on it a destructive manner. But, their feelings, their opinions are just that, theirs. You don't control them.
Stigma will always be there. It will wane for some things while waxing for others. A lot of people need something to hate. Welcome to life.
Cya...
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