[Image text: “When you refer to your status as CLEAN you imply someone with HIV is DIRTY. End the stigma.”]
Good thinking. Sometimes we fail to realize what our words mean because we never stop to think about ‘well, what does the opposite imply?’, ‘what am I saying about everyone who isn’t me?’.
DERRIDA.
YES. I say this all the time. People with STIs aren’t dirty.
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Oh, the bolded, so much. Always keep this in mind, really.