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While the medical outlook for those living with HIV is better than ever before, it's a sad fact that Massage evansville indiana stigma and prejudice surrounding those with the virus remains stuck years behind the science, meaning navigating the Https adultservices co fresno ca us tricky world of love and sex can often turn into an ordeal.

After receiving one-too-many abusive messages on the popular dating apps of today, Andrew Goyvaerts decided to tackle the problem with the world's first dating app for people living with HIV, both gay and straight. The result was POZcreated when Andrew realised there were "so few places that we can meet someone to date without fear of stigma or even rejection upon disclosure of status. So what is POZ and how did it come about?

We are worldwide. We've had a lot of downlo in the UK, Australia and America, which seem to be our main areas, so that's where we're mainly focused on.

What was your personal experience of that rejection like? It must be very difficult to face it time and time again. You still need to be careful about who you disclose your status to, and you can be faced with terrible abuse. So is POZ solely directed at HIV positive people, or is it about providing a more accepting environment for anyone to operate in?

As with all things, that fear around HIV Dust shroom oil to an extent the people living with it, comes down to ignorance. You must have experience of that first-hand? People had this fear put into them which has never really been counteracted since.

It must make a huge difference psychologically to have that weight lifted. Things that will be paid for will be added features.

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The app's been out for a few weeks now - what's the reaction been like? There have been some concerns that it might be kind of segregating in a way. I wouldn't call it segregation.

Over the last 30 years, for may reasons, there's been stigma [around HIV] First wedding anniversary songs I'd say it's been a bit of a displaced community that hasn't really been brought together, and hopefully this will do that. The other thing I would say is that if people are having [unprotected sex], they're not considering other things like hepatitis, gonorrhoea, chlamydia.

Even if both parties have HIV they need to be having a conversation about who's detectable, who's undetectable. The best thing I can say to anyone who's concerned about that we're addressing it through the sexual health work on the site itself, and also through a social enterprise, Positive Moving On, which advocates good sexual health practice for people with HIV.

What would you say to someone who had concerns about 'segregating' people with HIV? I think the best thing is for them to think of it less as segregation and more as community-building. And I suppose there's nothing to stop people using other apps - Women looking for men sex in New Mexico POZ just means there's a safe space for people if they need it.

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It's completely up to them. Poz is available to download now. For more information visit pozitiveconnections.

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