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| Aaron Anderson (right) with Claire Gasamagera and their son Calvin. (Credit: Michael Pirro |
I knew there would be challenges to dating after I was diagnosed HIV positive, but I didn’t know of the many hidden nuances to dating when you are a person living with HIV. Of course, there are the overt challenges, mostly due to stigma. However, I discovered that dating while HIV positive is much more challengingly nuanced than I had realized, and this is rarely discussed. Here are a few of the nuances that I experienced.
Before I begin, I must explain a few things. See, before HIV, dating was everything to me; or should I say, finding someone to spend my life with was everything. When the doctor told me that I was HIV positive, it shook me to my core. When speaking publicly about living with HIV, I often talk about how the doctor’s words were equivalent to being struck with a bat. I was crying uncontrollably, I was in and out of consciousness — it was a very bad scene. Read More