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Stay Negative, AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, 1995
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Stay Negative, AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, 1995
The person pictured in this ad tries to model alternatives to the excuses men use not to wear condoms when having sex with one another. He announces his HIV-positive status in hopes of helping other men stay HIV-negative.
By the mid-1990s, AIDS service providers recognized the need to combine care and treatment for HIV-positive people while also promoting safer sex as a way to prevent the spread of HIV.