Knowing your HIV status is such an easy thing to do, but again, we've created this stigma around even going to get tested.
I don't think I have HIV. I don't think that I ever had HIV. I think I had hepatitis. I got rid of the hepatitis, and since then, every single time I have tested for HIV, it has been negative. The original test was a false positive.
I never - I mean, I never saw any doctor's report saying I was HIV positive. I never had a doctor explain to me and show me what was going on.
Nobody could've ever known I was positive because I didn't know.
Leaders in all spheres who are living with HIV should be encouraged, not coerced, to lead by example and disclose their HIV status.
If I knew I was positive, why would I have ever gone to PAW to take a test?
Knowing your HIV status is so important for your future health and that of your loved ones.
