grumpsaesthetics: hivliving:bi-horror-hoe: This is NOT cool or edgy or making a statement! THIS IS
grumpsaesthetics: hivliving: bi-horror-hoe: This is NOT cool or edgy or making a statement! THIS IS A HEALTH RISK! THIS IS DISGUSTING BEHAVIOUR THAT SHOULD NOT BE CONDONED! I’m so sick of the idea that doing something big and strange means it’s good for the LGBT community, like putting people at risk of contracting a disease they are probably trying to 100% avoid getting! Why would someone in the LGBT+ community a) do this and b) say this is a “powerful statement” like it’s a good thing?!?! Huffpost are actual trash that promote such bs ideas the hiv virus cannot survive but for a short period of time outside the body. at most, dried blood such as in this example could continue to possess it for a maximum of 5-6 days at perfect conditions. there has never been a reported case of hiv transmission via a spillage of bodily flood, such as blood. it is also important to note that she wore the crown on her head. unless it was being used as a sex toy or put into an open wound there is no way for the virus to come into contact with another person’s bloodstream. below is an excerpt from the article: Electra told The Huffington Post that she was inspired to use Pride as a time to generate a larger conversation about HIV stigma based on the experiences her HIV+ friends have while navigating the queer dating world. “I’ve witnessed abuse that HIV+ friends of mine have received on online dating apps and the stigma is definitely still here,” she told The Huffington Post. “There’s confusion over how HIV is transmitted, which leads to assumptions, and hatred. Vangardist, an Austrian magazine, mixed HIV+ blood with ink and printed copies of their online magazine in a special HIVHeroes edition, and it inspired me to do something similar. It was bold, it was effective, but it was so meaningful. The message behind it was simple: fight the stigma.” folks reblogging this uncritically have exactly the “confusion over how HIV is transmitted” that electra refers to. she was not posing a danger to anyone. some of the comments on this post are so vile but thanks for proving electra’s point i guess you fucking reagan era demons -- source link