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, but there are no HIV positive female role models in the media,” says Becky. “There will be someone out there in the public eye who is positive and I would love her to stand forward because our community needs it.”
Mercy is a 21-year-old black African woman who uses her own experience to encourage others to test and support other young people with the virus. Becky agrees. “Even if men do trust the ‘U equals U’ science they may not trust you. If you have HIV then you’ve done ‘something to deserve it’, so how could they trust you to tell the truth about being undetectable?”So what’s the best reaction to sharing your status? “When they have no reaction at all,” says Becky. “When someone just says ‘OK’ and we move on. I’m not going to thank people for accepting my HIV –why should I? It should just be like that.
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