A lot of people write in bumper sticker slogans; stop the stigma, normalize, thriving not living, close the gap, etc... These words aren't even serious ideas when it comes to HIV. They're just pleasant niceties people say to make it seem like you care or have a plan.
Take stigma, for as long as there's been people, there's been something stigmatized, made bad or taboo. It started before HIV & will be here far longer. For better or worse, it's part of human society & has nothing to do with HIV. It's a social control weapon. HIV has been here for decades & the stigma associated was already associated with gays & drug users. This stigma may lessen, but it's not going away.
You can't force people to normalize anything. Sometimes it happens, but not by force or hard core suggestive selling. Most of the matters people say they want regarding HIV & it's treatment/acceptance have little to do with the medical profession. They're social issues & won't be meted out by a doctor.
As for thriving not living. Ha! I've been HIV+ for 20+ years & not once was I thriving. A lot of the time, I was barely existing, let alone living. Stop selling pipe dreams, mantras & meme sayings. They're easy, changing things for the better is a herculean task.
Take the hot air you used for "sayings" & put it into a balloon. At least balloons are fun & might make someone smile. A single person smiling is worth a hundred reading your bumper sticker philosophy.
Cya...
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