Hi everyone! This is Calvin.  I cannot believe how ignorant I was on the HIV/AIDS issue especially as a young gay male in which I am a part of a community the disease greatly impacts. I believe there is definitely a generation gap between the young and the younger gay community partly because anti-retrovirals (drugs to treat HIV/AIDS) have been available and severity of the disease has been cushioned.

Before I started learning about the disease, I had the preconception that it was "us" against "them" meaning those with HIV/AIDS and those without. I was uncomfortable if I knew you had HIV/AIDS because I was ruled by fear and lacked information. Understanding HIV/AIDS better and the diverse groups it affects has reduced my stigma threefold. I cannot say I am 100 percent comfortable, but I have developed an open-mind to learning more about HIV/AIDS and the people with the virus.

As of presently, none of us have HIV/AIDS, which we acknowledge contributes to our inability to fully understanding the experience. Hopefully, if there are any comments or information that is inaccurate or offensive, please let us know and we would be more than happy to explore the issue. This website is a representation of our journey in getting to know more about the disease. I would like to open up this blog for questions that we can all further explore together.