03-05-2014, 09:32 AM
I kind of understand what you mean, but one of the first things that my mind thought of was an Oprah show in the late '80s. I think it was right around the time that the whole AIDS epidemic was starting. And there was this huge outcry from a town that, if I remember correctly, had a man with AIDS, and they wanted to get him out of the town. They were saying all kinds of horrible things that in today's US culture would be very un-PC.
There are still stigmas around both being gay and AIDS (and the fear that if you have one, you have the other), but I have seen improvements in education on the topics and people's acceptance towards them.
But that's just from a US perspective. Obviously, places like Uganda have nowhere near the amount of freedom, education, or acceptance.
There are still stigmas around both being gay and AIDS (and the fear that if you have one, you have the other), but I have seen improvements in education on the topics and people's acceptance towards them.
But that's just from a US perspective. Obviously, places like Uganda have nowhere near the amount of freedom, education, or acceptance.