THE BIG PICTURE ON HIV

THIS WORLD AIDS DAY, HOLLYWOOD MUST COMMIT TO FIGHTING STIGMA BY CREATING REALISTIC REPRESENTATIONS OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV

by tony morrison

If you’ve been to the movies lately, you were far more likely to see a story featuring a superhero, a killer extraterrestrial, or a giant sandworm than someone like me, a happy and healthy person living with HIV. And that’s a huge problem in 2024. In fact, there were zero portrayals of characters living with HIV out of 256 movies released last year by Hollywood’s leading film distributors, which were tracked by the latest Studio Responsibility Index from GLAAD, the LGBTQ+ media advocacy nonprofit where I work. For the 1.2 million of us with HIV in the U.S., as reported by HIV.gov, this ongoing erasure is unacceptable and harmful. When Tinseltown does turn the rare camera on this issue, the stories told fall short — to say the least. GLAAD’s 2024 State…

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