Study:
HIV-positive gay men rarely regret disclosing

Researchers at Ohio State University studying gay men infected with HIV report in the April issue of the journal AIDS Education and Prevention that they discovered very few HIV-positive gay men regret having revealed their infection to others, including friends, family members, and coworkers, United Press International reports. The study is one of the first of its kind to address stigma among gay HIV-positive men and to examine the impact of disclosure.

"I was very surprised at how little regret we found, because you see the angst in HIV-positive men who deliberate very carefully on whether or not to tell people," Julianne Serovich, lead author of the study and chairwoman of Human Development and Family Science at Ohio State's College of Human Ecology, told the news service. "The results offer hope for people who are working in this field. We can tell HIV-positive men that others in their position rarely regret the fact that other people know their status." (The Advocate)