Doubts...

I saw some articles over ending stigma, but you can't.   HIV has been here for decades & we have excellent information   Stigma isn't about education. 

This ugliness comes from hate & fear.   They hate anything not like them.  They don't fear HIV, Gays or trans people.  The thought of anything altering their reality terrifies them.  They're struggling to maintain their status quo.

Activists have confronted HIV stigma since the 80s, with little success.  This is a shame & blame game, based on feelings, not facts.  This is being pushed by the hyper conservative (politics & religion).  It's to hold on to a revisionist history about a nostalgic fantasy that makes them feel part of things.  

If you have doubts, consider this.  If stigma can be handled, then why are people of Asian decent being attacked in the States for fear of Coronavirus?    These aggressors are agitated by the idea of this new illness.  They can't hit the virus, but they can slug a person.   These attacks represent the same mentality against those with HIV.  No amount of education is going to get rid of stigma.  

Stigma isn't a information issue.  It's a mental illness.  Maybe someday they'll find a cure.  I doubt it.  It & other means of social division are at the core of our society, us & the other.

Cya...