I handed out about 800 pamphlets about our project of a HIV+ team to do RAAM in 2011. I was extremely heartened by the positive response - everyone was in support!
I was also made aware of the utility of the project, when a number of other athletes were willing to share quietly that they too are HIV+, and when a professional guy from Western Europe confides that I'm the first person whom he has met knowingly with HIV. We're lucky with the medications these days - it makes our appearances the same as other people. But it also means that stigma against HIV+ persons can continue anonimously.
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