Who Do You Trust?

“I can’t believe he lied to me!” 

Recently, even in the PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) Facts Forum, a participant remarked
that one of his tricks lied to him about being on PrEP. “How can this happen?”, he pondered — it does all the time.

Two years ago on the online site Manhunt, I was contacted by an HIV- guy even though my profile said “HIV+ only”. Dialogue ensued that he was really HIV+, and he explained why he lied: “You know how cruel people can be” .

David Fawcett reports from a recent conference that: “Of all the many obstacles to prevention and treatment worldwide, stigma remains the most challenging.” 

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This blog posted is identical to that published as a blog on the HuffingtonPost  (9-01-15) with the following modifications: 

1. minor formatting changes to clearly indicate the full quoted text from Damon L. Jacobs article
2. graphic from AHF’s Trust me campaign which was featured in their on-line articles and I believe on billboards in FL and CA

rkkjr 9/6/16

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